<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>There seems to be a lot of  heavy weather being made of this backi= ng damper felt.</DIV> <DIV>Surely, the simplest way is to cut strips of the backing felt initially too wide.  Apply a coat of the fabric adhesive to t= he strip of damper felt and lay it on the strip of backing. Stretch the da= mper felt strip gently so that is remains as straight as possible.   Wh= en the adhesive has dried, offer up a thin steel straight-edge <EM>right up against </EM>the strip of damper felt and run a scalpel down between= the sraight -edge and the damper felt.  Because the scalpel blade is so thi= n, the backing felt will be perfectly flush with the damper felt.  You wil= l have a perfectly trimmed strip of backed damper felt.  You will then ju= st offer the backed strips to your guillotine and chop as many pieces as you need.  This technique obviously applies to strips of clip and wedge as = well as your tapered strips of flat felt.  OK, it may be a little bit wasteful of backing felt and scalpel blades cost more than sharpening a knif= e, but who cares if you are aiming for a perfect job.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ric</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>