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Hello, I need scrap felt material for a project. I am more than willing to pay for it. Please PM me. Thanks

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Hello, I need scrap felt material for a project. I am more than willing to pay for it. Please PM me. Thanks

Daniel,

Do you mean shearling? Shearling is the "fuzzy" stuff on the underside of the saddle. There are felt saddle pads but they are whole and usually not cut up.

Just checking to make sure you get what you need. I have plenty of shearling scrap I could send.

Rick J.

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Hello Rick, thanks for the reply. I need the felt pad. I need to make some burnising spendals for use on my drill press. I had a saddle maker down the street but he got out of the saddle making business about 4 years ago, just my luck. Where are the felt pads sold and how much does it cost per pad (Ballpark estimate)? Thanks for your time.

Daniel

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Hello Rick, thanks for the reply. I need the felt pad. I need to make some burnising spendals for use on my drill press. I had a saddle maker down the street but he got out of the saddle making business about 4 years ago, just my luck. Where are the felt pads sold and how much does it cost per pad (Ballpark estimate)? Thanks for your time.

Daniel

I was looking at this stuff for the same thing. http://aetnafelt.thomasnet.com/viewitems/f...?&forward=1

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Thats not what you want, thats wool blend, you should be using 100 percent wool felt for burnishing

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I googled "wool saddle pads" and came up with this http://www.5starequineproducts.com/saddle_pads.html

You want 100% wool for a burnishing wheel. Also mix 50% bees wax and 50% pariffin wax for applying to the burnisher. I saw this first on John Bianchi's Holster Making videos. It seems to work great!!

I just ordered Ivans (he is on LW) burnishing wheel and motor off of ebay and got it a couple days ago (99.95 w/ shipping) eBay search "motorized fantastic leather edge " under "Crafts.

I could not put the whole thing together for less then this so I bought it. Just a thought for you!

Rick J.

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You can contact Buffalo Felt co. in NY and ask for a couple of samples of 100% wool felt and you can specify the thickness and density or firmness.

If you don't mind spending a few dollars you can contact a wood working supply that carries tools and get the hard white felt wheels that are used for sharpening wood chisels etc.

You can probably find them on Ebay too.

Blake

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I think your after wool engineering felt.

Barra

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I think your after wool engineering felt.

Barra

Thanks guys for all your help. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I have some felt scraps coming my way. I hope it will help. I will look into you suggestions and see what I can come up with. I have a few saddle making shops that I have found over the past couple of days, I will see if I can get some scraps from them. Thanks again.

Daniel

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