Request for service - lathe related.

[Rickabilly]

I have a supplier here in Cambridge, "Mackays" the trick is to use normal run of the mill felt and put enough under the clamping plate to compress it down until it is very firm, so what I do is make the plates with folded lips around the edges with only the wiping edge free for the felt to poke out of, I make the lips the same length as one felt sheet thickness and put two thicknesses of felt under the plate as you tighten the screws the felt is compressed, Job done.

Rick