Grant, The best and probably the safest way to cut your circles is on page 2165 of the McMaster catalog (#112). Alas, the cost is ~$29.
How to cut sorbothane?
I recently read a glowing review of Herbie's Big Fat Discs, which are 5/16" thick by 1 5/16" diameter sorbothane discs. So, I did some research and I found a huge variety of sorbothane sheets available at McMaster-Carr. I bought a 12"x12" by 1/4" sheet of 40 durometer sorbothane for $29.
Does anyone have a clever and easy method for cutting discs out of this sheet other than scissors? I was thinking of a sharpened cookie cutter type thing as a tool which could be hammered down on the sorbothane, effectively cuttting a disc...
BTW, I can get 8 discs out of this $29 12"x12" sheet (with useful scrap left over), and 8 Herbie's Big Fat Discs would cost just under $90.
Does anyone have a clever and easy method for cutting discs out of this sheet other than scissors? I was thinking of a sharpened cookie cutter type thing as a tool which could be hammered down on the sorbothane, effectively cuttting a disc...
BTW, I can get 8 discs out of this $29 12"x12" sheet (with useful scrap left over), and 8 Herbie's Big Fat Discs would cost just under $90.
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11-15-06: Jgiacalo Thank you for the leather tool suggestion. It appears to be similar in principle to the arch punch suggested by Stilljd. Do you think the manufacturer of sorbothane makes a specific product for a small boutique audio tweak company? I'll bet you any amount of money McMaster-Carr stocks precisely the same sorbothane used by Herbie. I may not have purchased the same durometer rating sorbothane used in the Big Black Dots, but McMaster-Carr carries about all the various sorbothane made as far as I can tell...durometer rating (40, 50, 60, 70...), elasticity rating, etc., and in a wide variety of thicknesses. Herbie has done all the work though, so he's entitled to charge whatever he likes for his product. Most knuckleheads wouldn't choose to go through the research, cutting etc. that I've done to make their own and save $50. I don't blame them for buying Herbie's product or the discs sold for audio use on E-Bay Thanks Stilljd and Ronnjay for your suggestions. The arch punch is EXACTLY the right tool, but at $39 for a 1 1/2" version purchasing one negates the advantage of buying the raw material versus the pre-fashioned discs offered on E-Bay and by Herbie's. |
comprimise... http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/ACCESSS.HTM $29 for 4 sorbothane domes, 3 different densitiy options. |
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