RODA Felt – Mounted Felt Bobs for Polishing
Mounted Felt Bobs on a 3mm or 6mm Spindle. For polishing and finishing metals and glass. Popular in the precision engineering, mould tool making, medical and jewellery industries.
The Professional Polishers tool of choice. Over 30 years of experience and knowledge has been used to develop a quality product like no other. Designed and manufactured in the UK alongside polishing specialists, RODA Felt is the market leader in specialist finishing.
Mounted RODA Felts are made in our UK factory in Wiltshire. If you would like bespoke shapes – just get in touch if you require a different size, bespoke shape, different spindle or harder or softer density.
Options Available:
Felt Density
- Medium- Ideal for cutting and polishing operations, this is a good standard felt for most materials (Supplied unless specified otherwise)
- Hardened- Standard felt is treated to make it hard and less flexible. It gives you more cut and therefore particularly suits harder metals. Shaped felts are more likely to keep their shape when hardened – Please contact us if you require this product.
Shapes
- Other shapes available – Cones, Bullnose, Wheels, Points, Balls, Trapeze and also bespoke shapes are all available. Here at Moleroda we offer low volume, low cost, traceable, fast delivery and high quality products. We can mount felt down to 3.5mm diameter and in all different shapes.
Spindle Size
- Extended spindles are also available
- More spindle sizes are available – please call us.
How to achieve the perfect finish with RODA Felt and Diamond Compound
1. Prior to polishing make sure you have gone up to 12000 or finer with wet and dry or RODA NyWheels for best results.
2. Insert your mounted RODA felt into a polishing machine – e.g. eneksa/micromotor.
3. Squeeze a pea sized amount of diamond compound onto your workpiece (when working with diamond compound usually start with a coarse grit like 20 microns and work up to a finer grit).
4. Then work the felt into the paste – a spray of lapping fluid will help to lubricate.
5. Keep the felt moving, wipe clean with solvent spray and a lint free polishing cloth.
6. Assess the finish and then move to a finer grade of diamond paste if required.
Applications for RODA Mounted Felt Bobs:
- Polishing:
- Mould Tools
- Precision Engineered Components
- Precious Metals and Jewellery
- 3D Printed Parts – Read our blog here.
- High gloss finishing
Benefits Of Using RODA Mounted Felt Bobs:
- Great for polishing tool steel, steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper, gold, silver and most other metals
- Creates a reflective mirror finish
- Consistent finish vs hand polishing
- Fast results vs hand polishing
- Perfect for any size job
- Stock available for next day delivery
- Excellent carrier for compounds
Best Features of RODA Mounted Felt Bobs:
- Available in different densities
- Available in a wide range of shapes and sizes
- We also offer Felt Cones, Bullnose, Wheels, Points, Balls, Trapeze and bespoke shapes upon request.
- Available on 3mm or 6mm spindle – Extended Spindles are also available.
- Made in house in the UK
- High Quality
Suitable Materials:
- Metals – from aluminium, steel and harder metals to precious metals and more
- Glass
- Plastics
- for plastics you may consider Mounted Felt Flap Wheels for more air flow
RODA Mounted Felt Bobs recommended use with:
- RODA Mounted Felt Bobs will suit any rotary tool, such as a micromotor, pendant motor, flexible shaft machine or simple drill. – See our range of machines here.
- All tools vary, therefore we recommend checking which spindle your particular tool takes.
- Compounds we recommend: Lea Compound, Diamond Compound, Menzerna, Rouge, Simichrome, Dialux, or any other compounds.
- For the best results you need to prepare the metal first so the surface is flat and smooth, the polishing process will only finish as good as the pre-polish.
- for this stage we recommend using wet and dry or RODA NyWheels.
Relevant industries using RODA Mounted Felt Bobs:
- Mould Tool & Dies
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Oil & Gas
- Defence
- Metalwork
- Fabrication
- Medical
- Dental
- Silversmiths
- Jewellery
Check out our RODA Felt in action:
For more information about our RODA Range give us a call.
