Richard Kemp
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Can anyone give me a source for a patch cutter? I'd like to start making my own. Thanks.
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DIY Patches
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Dixie Gun Works has wad punches. You can cut patches with them just buy the right diameter.
I prefer to cut my patches at the muzzle. Always the perfect size.
Squeeze
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you could use an empty centerfire case of the corresponding caliber as a wad punch. you can even "stretch the case a bit with a drift pin, or something similar of the appropriate size. Chuck it in a drill and hold a sharpening stone, or sandpaper to the edge to sharpen a bit as necessary. at least for overpowder wads, for PRB patch the closest size copper tubing works the same,
FWIW,
Get a pair of scissors or better yet a rotary cutter and board.
There is absolutely no need for a patch to be round.
All it has to do is cover the ball around it's circumference, any extra above the ball is just that,
extra, and it does no harm to the patch/ball combo's accuracy. :wink:
Get a pair of scissors or better yet a rotary cutter and board.
There is absolutely no need for a patch to be round.
All it has to do is cover the ball around it's circumference, any extra above the ball is just that,
extra, and it does no harm to the patch/ball combo's accuracy. :wink:
Kobuk Kid said:
Whatever pocket knife you have on you at the moment.
Easiest and best is to cut at the muzzle or cut when loading a ball-block. Tear the material into strips 1-1/2" wide by three or six feet long. Always exactly the right size.
Use anything that cuts cloth.
The patches don't have to be round. Square ones work just as well and the gun will shoot just as accurately as it would with a round patch.
That said, if you bound and determined to have a patch cutter to make round patches, figure the size you need.
For a .45-54 caliber a 1 3/8 diameter will work.
Now, find a hollow hole saw. The kind that's made for drilling holes into wood.
Throw away the centering drill. You don't want a hole thru the center of your patch.
Get out your power grinder and grind off all of the teeth leaving an edge that has almost zero runout. That is, when the saw is rotating in an electric drill the edge where the teeth used to be runs in the same plane.
Now, using your grinder grind the edge so it is sharp. You now have a toothless, sharp hole cutter.
Used in a drill press with a pine board to back up the cloth you can cut thru 6 or 10 layers of material in each cut.
These things can be dangerous and can produce some really bad cuts if it decides to make patches out of your hide so be careful with it. :grin:
The patches don't have to be round. Square ones work just as well and the gun will shoot just as accurately as it would with a round patch.
That said, if you bound and determined to have a patch cutter to make round patches, figure the size you need.
For a .45-54 caliber a 1 3/8 diameter will work.
Now, find a hollow hole saw. The kind that's made for drilling holes into wood.
Throw away the centering drill. You don't want a hole thru the center of your patch.
Get out your power grinder and grind off all of the teeth leaving an edge that has almost zero runout. That is, when the saw is rotating in an electric drill the edge where the teeth used to be runs in the same plane.
Now, using your grinder grind the edge so it is sharp. You now have a toothless, sharp hole cutter.
Used in a drill press with a pine board to back up the cloth you can cut thru 6 or 10 layers of material in each cut.
These things can be dangerous and can produce some really bad cuts if it decides to make patches out of your hide so be careful with it. :grin:
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i've taken to cutting patches at the muzzle, but to make the strips, i use a rotary cutter and one of those cute little boards from the dry goods shop ... while you're in there, check out the sewing machines ... wow- you thought muzzleloaders were gadget freaks? you outta see the cool gadgets they've got!
Richard Kemp
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Thanks to all. I'll get busy and try some of the suggestions.
simeon england
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Howdy!
For my persona and what I "do", I carry a scrap strip of linen in my pack and cut in the woods to resuply. But before I leave for the woods, I precut maybe 25 or 30 square patches and lube them for loading fast.
In the woods I cut the patches with the scissors in my sewing kit, and would always keep the supply of greased patches in my shooting pouch.
Hope this helps.
For my persona and what I "do", I carry a scrap strip of linen in my pack and cut in the woods to resuply. But before I leave for the woods, I precut maybe 25 or 30 square patches and lube them for loading fast.
In the woods I cut the patches with the scissors in my sewing kit, and would always keep the supply of greased patches in my shooting pouch.
Hope this helps.
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If you have a drill press, it is very easy, and you can cut hundreds of round ones in a short time.
I use the method Zonnie talked about and agree with W.E. I can make several hundred in just a few minutes with my drill press and hole saw cutter.I clamp several layers between boards and run the cutter into them.Make ony 2 sizes for 32 cal through 12 ga.Cut my felt over powder wads too.
