Wiper material

[3strucking]

I need to make some new wipers for my mill. I thought I might use a windshield wiper blade for material. Whats the usual source for wiper material?

 

[Ulma Doctor]

i suppose a windshield wiper may work, i don't know their sensitivity to oils but they may work just fine.
various forms of rubber, leather, and felt have been used over the years.

i'd consider some sheet rubber, (oil resistant Buna-n) and make my own
felt would be my secondary choice

 

[willthedancer]

I'm a felt guy. It gives back a little oil film wherever it goes.

Needs to be wool though.

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[RandyM]

I'm a felt guy. It gives back a little oil film wherever it goes.

Needs to be wool though.

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^^^^ I second this. ^^^^

 

[Bob Korves]

I'm a felt guy. It gives back a little oil film wherever it goes.

Needs to be wool though.

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Tends to retain chips and grit, though. Still, a common choice...

 

[Video_man]

I found some fairly thick neoprene gasket material for cheap at my local (Ace) hardware store, seems to be about the same stuff that came on my mill....

 

[3strucking]

thanks for the replys

 

[Bi11Hudson]

If it were a wiper on the ways, I would use felt for it's oil holding quality. For larger sheets, I use thin rubber gasket material. What's important is the holding of chips or dust. Felt on my lathe and mill. Rubber as a chipcatchum.

 

[Chuck K]

I use a piece of truck tarp duct taped from the back of my table and the front of the pedestal on my mill. It's been keeping the chips off my ways for years. Not real pretty but it works. I agree with the felt for way wipers.

 

[Silverbullet]

Why not use both felt and thin rubber ?