Let's talk about SQUARE patches!

[longcruise]

Wrong, cutting rounds is a fast way to cut a patch. All you need is to select a hole opener at Harbor Freight. They are cheap. Take the hole openner and grind the teeth off, put a sharp edge on it. Chuck it into a hand drill or drill press you can cut more patches than you will need in a few minutes. I use a cheap $40.00 drill press

Well, to each his own! I for one don't need a drill press and would find it cumbersome on a 3 or 4 day overniter in the backcountry! As far as fast goes, I think if we stood side by side at your drill press each of us with three or four strips of patch material, you would find that I can cut out 100 square patches by hand before you get half way through!

 

[Claude Mathis]

Interesting to note that when pushed into a ball block first my patches come out mostly square with radiused corners.

Of course they do. :wink:
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