Ticking source

[BigBoreBLR]

I tried the Dutch should system. Amazing results, I'm cloverleafing at 100 yards.

However, the green striped pillow ticking was bought at the Dixons muzzleloafing fair. Not sure if it was Dixons, rush creek table, or another vendor. Bought from 10 tables.

It's .0075 compressed.

Any fabric out there that thick I can repeatably get from a vendor online.

 

[Dr5x]

When you find a fabric that work for you, buy 9 or 10 yards.
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Two fabrics that look and feel alike can be a bit different when washed .
That's another reason to select shooting patches by using a compressed measurement..
When I had to give up shooting i had enough to upholster a chair.

Dutch

 

[don hepler]

My feeling on measuring cloth is simple. If I measure cloth and it reads .012 and someone else measures it and gets .015, it really doesn't matter. The proof is in the pudding. I am a life long machinist, and measuring cloth, is just a rough estimate.

Go to Walley World or fabric shop and mic. some ticking and pocket drill, then get a few samples and try them. Be sure to keep the skew numbers or reference number of the cloth. Once you settle on a particular cloth, go back and buy a larger quantity. Most fabric shops will sell you a third of a yard, or half, or whatever you want.

If you have more than one gun, then chances are, you'll have to do the same thing for each rifle.

 

[Don Steele]

When you find a fabric that work for you, buy 9 or 10 yards.
.
Two fabrics that look and feel alike can be a bit different when washed .
That's another reason to select shooting patches by using a compressed measurement..
When I had to give up shooting i had enough to upholster a chair.

Dutch

(emphasis mine..)
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Me too...!!!
When I bring home a new piece of material I record both the uncompressed and compressed thickness readings I get from my micrometer in my logbook.
You are keeping a logbook aren't you...??? :hmm:

 

[Grenadier1758]

When I bring home the new patching material, I wash it to get out the sizing. Before storing it away, I mark the size with a laundry marker in two places. At opposite ends of the fabric. I have cut away old markings.

 

[In Over My Head]

My feeling on measuring cloth is simple. If I measure cloth and it reads .012 and someone else measures it and gets .015, it really doesn't matter. The proof is in the pudding. I am a life long machinist, and measuring cloth, is just a rough estimate.

I've often pondered whether someone might promulgate a standard methodology for measuring the compressed thickness of cloth for patching.

A vertically sliding weight of specified mass and specified area of contact under a dial indicator would make for meaningful comparison when people discuss their load and for commerce.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Fabric thicknesses are measured with a specific type of micrometer, it has a large flat measuring surface and specific spring loaded tension.......However many fabrics are measured by weight.

 

[410-er]

There is a material store in Goodville Pa called "Obies".Old time store and barely enough room to walk around.The had MANY thickness of pillow and all made with cotton and not the Poly blends that are showing up at some stores.