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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: Swamp Bow on November 11, 2009, 04:08:54 pm

Title: Rubber pads
Post by: Swamp Bow on November 11, 2009, 04:08:54 pm: Hi All,
What are you making your pressure flaking pads out of? Tire side walls? I assume you could also build up one out of leather?

Swamp
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: Justin Snyder on November 11, 2009, 04:13:48 pm: Crusher belt
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: cowboy on November 11, 2009, 04:15:51 pm: I'm using the same one I've had for years. Just a piece of conveyor belt about 2"X1 1/2" with a piece of matching 10 guage or so metal JB welded to the back of it. Don't know how many years I've actually been using it but it keeps on ticking ;).

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Post by: cowboy on November 11, 2009, 04:17:21 pm: Oops Justin - we were typing at the same time. Crusher belt/ conveyor = one and the same :).
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: Justin Snyder on November 11, 2009, 04:30:51 pm: Quote from: cowboy on November 11, 2009, 04:17:21 pm
Oops Justin - we were typing at the same time. Crusher belt/ conveyor = one and the same :).
Yep, the pad is the same, but I can clearly see from those points that the talent isn't. Nice looking bunch of sharp rocks. When I grow up I want to make them like that. ;)
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: StevenT on November 11, 2009, 04:54:09 pm: I made one out of a thick piece of leather. Sometime or other... I want to make one using the heel sole from a old pair of dock siders.
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Post by: Lobo69ss on November 11, 2009, 08:32:08 pm: I`m using a short piece of a heavy duty mud flap, about 2" wide x 3 1/2" long & 1/2" thick
contact cememted to a piece of 1/8" underlayment (subflooring) material. It`s cheap & seems
to do the trick well enough for a freebie.
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Post by: mullet on November 11, 2009, 08:33:44 pm: Wow, weird timing. I just glued one up this afternoon. I'll get some pictures up tomorrow. I tried something different this time.
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: cowboy on November 11, 2009, 08:45:20 pm: Justin ;D.

Can't wait to see what you've come up with Eddie, hmm - I might need one of those ::).
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: Swamp Bow on November 11, 2009, 10:24:35 pm: Thanks guys! Cowboy, nice work. GREEN with envy! ;D

Swamp
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: Bone pile on November 12, 2009, 09:04:57 am: Yeah mine are about wore out need to glue a leather backing on them.I like a little flexability in them.
Cowboy whats with the fish tail on yorr flaker? I'm guessin a notcher
Bone pile
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: cowboy on November 12, 2009, 09:49:11 am: Yep Roger, that's my notcher. It was originally convex but with all the points it became concave over time. It's hammered down flat and thin for narrow notching so wears out fairly quick. I've experimented with many others since that one.
Title: Re: Rubber pads
Post by: mullet on November 12, 2009, 07:04:50 pm: I thought I'd try something different this time. We use these rubber disc at work and My last pad was made with one of these. The last time I glued it to a piece of wood. It took about a year till the flakes I ran in the grooves cut all the wood out. So this time I glued two pads together. It seems to work pretty good as you can see from the test flakes I ran on that piece of Mohogany Obsidean.

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Post by: cowboy on November 12, 2009, 09:21:24 pm: That looks interesting Eddie. May have to look into one of those ::). I'm used to using a small pad that fits into my hand easily.
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Post by: mullet on November 12, 2009, 09:36:00 pm: Paul, I hold mine on my leg or the inside of my knee, while I palm the point to the pad.
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Post by: cowboy on November 12, 2009, 10:23:21 pm: That's what I've noticed most knappers doing on utubes and stuff. I'm kinda leaning toward trying that style.