RODA Wood – Mounted Wooden Lapping Sticks for Polishing, Lapping & Finishing Metal
Mounted Wooden Lapping Sticks on a 3mm Spindle. 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.
Part of our RODA range.
Handmade in our UK Factory where we ensure the highest quality.
Available in Hardwood and Softwood.
- Hardwood – Made from laminated hardwood. The layers are compressed together in parallel to their grain for strength and structural stability. Hardwood sticks maintain their shape well. They are used for preliminary polishing where high cut and stock removal is required.
- Softwood – Used as carriers for finer diamond compounds for high-gloss polishing. The softwood selected is smooth and gritless to ensure a perfect finish.
We also supply Mounted Felt Lapping Sticks for fine finishing.
Applications:
Wooden Lapping Sticks have many applications, such as:
- Mould Tool making & maintenance
- Achieving a flat surface finish
- Lapping
- Polishing
- Finishing
Benefits & Best Features of Mounted Wooden Lapping Sticks:
Our RODA Wooden Lapping Sticks are an industry favourite for many reasons.
- Smoother, more consistent finish than hand lapping
- Faster than hand lapping
- Great for working along slots, corners and edges
- Perfect for flat surfaces
- Harder than Felt Lapping Sticks, so maintain their shape well
- Capable of achieving better results than hand lapping with unmounted wooden lapping sticks
- High Quality
- Made in our UK Factory
- Mounted Wooden Sticks can be used with hand and air tools.
- Round mounted lapping sticks can be used either in a Rotary Tool or with a Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine.
- Square mounted lapping sticks can be used with either a Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine or Air Driven Lappers.
- 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 in a range of shapes & sizes
Suitable Materials:
These Lapping Sticks can be utilized with a variety of materials.
- All metals, including steel and precious metals
- Mould Tools – particularly hard tool steel
- Composite Materials
- Plastics
- Ceramics & Glass
We recommended use with:
Mounted Wooden Lapping Sticks can be used with tools to make life easier.
- Perfect for hand and air tools. Like a Reciprocating Hand Filing Machine, Air Driven Lapper and Rotary Tools (Round only).
- Popular choice among precision engineers and mould tool makers for flat surface finishing.
- Use these wooden 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 Wooden Lapping Sticks:
Our RODA Wood range is incredibly popular, especially with precision engineers.
- Tool & Die Making
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Metalworking
- Glass & Ceramics
- Jewellery
For more information give us a call – we have experts here who have been polishing for years!
And take a look at our You Tube page for videos of us hard at work finishing!