RODA Felt – Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks for Polishing, Lapping & Finishing Metal

Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks are popular with a wide range of industries, like precision engineering & mould tooling, because of their ability to achieve a smooth and even finish on flat surfaces.

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.

 

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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.

We also supply Mounted Wooden Lapping Sticks for tougher surfaces.

Shapes

• Other shapes available – Bobs, 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.

 

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How to achieve the perfect finish with RODA Felt Sticks 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. Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine or Air Driven Lappers

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.

 

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Applications:

• Mould Tool making & maintenance
• Lapping
• Polishing
• Finishing
• Achieving flat surfaces

Benefits of Using Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks:

• Faster than hand lapping
• Smoother, more consistent finish than hand lapping
• Perfect for flat surfaces
• Great for working along slots & gates
• Capable of achieving better results than hand lapping with unmounted felt lapping sticks
• Finer finish than Wooden Lapping Sticks

Best Features of Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks:

• High Quality
• Made in our UK Factory
• Mounted Felt Sticks can be used with hand and air tools. Like Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine or Air Driven Lappers for instance.
• The reciprocating motion is perfect for delivering a consistent and smooth finish on flat surfaces
• Incredibly precise and accurate, so they are very popular among precision engineers & mould tool makers
• Available on a 3mm or 1/8″ Spindle
• Available in different densities

Suitable Materials:

• All metals, including steel and precious metals
• Mould Tools – particularly hard tool steel

We recommended use with:

• Perfect for hand and air tools. For example a Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine or Air Driven Lapper.
• Popular choice among precision engineers and mould tool makers for flat surface finishing.
• Use these felt sticks alongside compound for a mirror finish.
• Diamond compound is most commonly used for this style of lapping. However, Ultra lap, Algalox, Moleroda Paste and Clover compound or Lapping Fluid can also be used.
• All tools vary, therefore we recommend checking which spindle size your particular tool takes.

Relevant Industries using Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks:

• Tool & Die Making
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Metalworking
• Fabrication
• Jewellery & Silversmiths

 

See what some of our RODA Felt can do:

 

For more information about our RODA Range give us a call.