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    I'd be interested to see how that turns out, I had no luck with the hole punches I brought, but they were cheap nasty ones, couldn't even get a clean cut out of paper or card, let alone anything thicker.

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    Found a Yankee site selling wad cutters for all sorts of catridges. Their 12g one is 0.735" ??

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    They seem to be all over the place in size, ballistic products wads are .740” for 12 gauge, they seem to be the most common wads I’ve seen.

    Will have to go larger again one I move to brass hulls as they would be .760”?

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    I used cork tile wads and made a punch for them, works fine
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    Cork is another option for sure, where abouts are you getting your cork tiles from? It seemed kinda expensive from my quick google around, didn’t find anything thicker than 6mm

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    Quote Originally Posted by NAKED_GOOSE View Post
    Cork is another option for sure, where abouts are you getting your cork tiles from? It seemed kinda expensive from my quick google around, didn’t find anything thicker than 6mm
    Use two of them, flooring guys should have a few leftovers
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    If you were careful could you use a bottle jack to press a punch through the pinex. You'd obviously need to secure the punch to the top of the jack ( maybe a bit of tube welded to the top the punch could be contained in).

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    Quote Originally Posted by NAKED_GOOSE View Post
    Cork is another option for sure, where abouts are you getting your cork tiles from? It seemed kinda expensive from my quick google around, didn’t find anything thicker than 6mm
    https://www.shuk.co.nz/
    They have wool felt in various thicknesses as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    Yep, those tiles are thinner than the older original Pinex I used. Would need to put in maybe an extra wad. As far as using a 22mm hole saw it might work if the teeth are removed by grinding down leaving just a sharp ege. Pinex is too thick to wack with a wad punch unfortunately.

    Wads need to be tight in the barrel so there's no blow past and destruction of the pattern, also the tight wads help to sweap the barrel of BP muck.
    How about getting a shit load cut by a CNC laser cutter or water jet cutter?

    May or may not work, and probably be worth it if a bunch of us chipped in for a big sack of em cut.
    Use enough gun

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    water plus pinex = messy and blown up pulpy fluff....
    tile cutters ,diamond tipped on trademe for very little coin....saw them today,looking for something else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    water plus pinex = messy and blown up pulpy fluff....
    tile cutters ,diamond tipped on trademe for very little coin....saw them today,looking for something else.
    yeah, i was wondering how that would work.
    Thought it might be worth a shot, probably weetbix like you say though.
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    Just buy a wad punch off ebay
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    Those wads look quite good, is that all from felt?
    Did you cut them with a hollow punch or something else?

    Did you know what they charge for the felt, don't seem to have any luck finding a price

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    I use the grey felt in this link
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    Industrial Felt Supplies & Manufactures | Auckland, New Zealand
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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    I use the grey felt in this link
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    Industrial Felt Supplies & Manufactures | Auckland, New Zealand
    The A and B grade is the same density just prettier

    For punches just buy good individual ones from and engineering supplier

    Don't waste your time on cheap sets and crap imports

    The engineering suppliers will have good cast English ones
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