tearing bushing cloth

[Farrell]

Yes, that is what I generally experience - the first piece doesn't tear 
square with the big piece, but subsequent pieces will tear parallel with the 
first. So tear away!

If you are doing a damper guide rail, are you going to use the approach 
described by Ron Nossaman for felt-to-wood adhesion? Did you save that post?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> So I've always used pre-cut felt for damper guide rail bushing.  Decided 
> to "do the right thing" and tear it from the bolt.
>
> Y'know that sick feeling in your gut, like when you're polishing a just 
> installed set of keytops and you melt one?
>
> Well, I went to make the first tear, and, ugh.  Felt sick.  A big piece of 
> bushing cloth is not cheap, and that first tear went at an angle.  I tore 
> fairly quickly, thinking it proper, and over the course of about 30cm, the 
> cloth went from about 9mm wide to about 17mm wide.
>
> What did I do wrong???  Or is there a bias to the material that you can't 
> discover until you tear the first strip?  Then, do the following strips 
> tear straight?
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> William R. Monroe