[Bell Historians] leather washers

Richard Offen richard at ...
Mon Apr 11 23:39:07 BST 2005


--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
<davidbryant at h...> wrote:
> Probably red vulcanised fibreboard - I think its called tuffset??
> 
> Presumably this is easily and cheaply available from engineering 
suppliers? It might be worth getting a sheet to make washers for our 
bells to stop the clappers drifting - I think they all have leather 
washers at the moment.
> 
> David

Why bother to make them when you can buy them 'off the shelf' from 
Whitechapel (other bell hangers may well do them too) - they'll even 
sell you tapered ones for odd struck bells on headstocks without 
twiddle pins!

R




 


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