Patch Cutter

[Mike_AK]

Anybody know if someone manufactures a patch cutter that would allow me to make round patches out of pillow ticking for use with .530 round balls?

 

[rawhide]

Ithink dixiegunworks.com sells them don't know the price though. mite check them out or trackofthewolf.com I my self I use siccors I cut them inn 2 inch squars. then use moose milk on them for lube (poxcide and murghys oil soap mixed 50 50) works good for target work for hunting I use bore butter.

 

[rabjr]

Hopefully Brett Sr will see this and show ya the niffty one he made.

 

[MikeChapin]

I use a 1 3/16" hole saw that I ground the teeth off and put an edge on. I chuck it up in the drill press and cut six layers at a time. I can do a season's worth in about 15 minutes.

 

[Maven]

MikeAK, Forster Products used to offer such a device, but an arch punch or the previously mentioned hole saw in a drill press also work, but this begs the question: Why round patches, other than appearance? Have you considered just cutting & ripping cloth strips and trimming them at the muzzle or even buying a Fiskars pinking shears and cutting them from pillow ticking, etc.? (This prevents them from unraveling.)

 

[bwhoffman]

Hopefully Brett Sr will see this and show ya the niffty one he made.

For you Swampy...you bet! and the betterment of our fellow forum members as well!

I use this in my .40 and 50, several have used this for the .54 I would go to a 1 7/16 cutter for a dedicated .54 patch remember that a hole saw diameter is outside measurement and the teeth are stagered. inner bore dia. is what counts when revamping a hole saw.
this 1 5/16 nets me a 1 1/8 patch.

 

[boom]

I have to go with maven on that one , why round not that i am a expert, but i have cut my pt into
squares, i had a few round patches and i did not
notice any dif, JMO. :idunno:
Boomm.

 

[bwhoffman]

....."tastes great!"....

......."less filling!"....


like patch lube, cleaning methods and a slew of other opinionated topics,
this comes up about as often as a new harbor freight sales ad.

original poster was asking IF the was a round patch cutter available. Not what was better.
...and before anybody unloads on me,
I cut round ones because can. I also shoot square ones, strip patches tat I cut at the muzzle, prelube with a lube that works for me and spit patch as well as!

The only production round patch cutter I am aware of is/was made by Forster products and was for a .45 cal round patch.

 

[boom]

Sir do not get me wrong, that cutter of yours is
cool, and you are right he was not asking wich is
best, all i wanted is to join in.
I hope my post as not upset you. :surrender:
Boomm.

 

[bwhoffman]

Boomm,
No, didnt upset me at all.
as your time here gets greater, you will see a trend that there are a handful of topics that come up time and again. This one is almost monthly!

I spose I was merely trying to "head 'em off at the pass" so to speak.

alls good Boomm! atriot:

 

[boom]

Thanks brett sr. :thumbsup: . Boomm.

 

[Mike_AK]

Thanks for all the replies and ideas, everyone.

What size squares would I need for .54 caliber round balls?

 

[boom]

Well what i did, and what i was told to do was
put the P/T over the bore, put the ball on top
of the P/T, and then i judged the amount to wrap
around th ball, and used that as a template and it worked for me. The P/T i use is blue so i go
3 blue lines and a tad wider it fits my 50 just
right, but there are more ex/ guys on this forum
who will give you better info than me . :thumbsup: . Boomm.

 

[rabjr]

I too cut strips then square patches cause I don't have a fancy dandy tool like Brett. He did ask about round patches and I knew of Bretts home made tool and mentioned it. Hell if I had that I just might cut mine round too. :v

 

[Mike_AK]

Do you have to use the "14" ball, and did you have any problems sneaking it out of the bar?

 

[nkbj]

My guesstimate minimum is two and a half times the ball diameter if the patch is perfectly centered.

 

[J.D.]

My guesstimate minimum is two and a half times the ball diameter if the patch is perfectly centered.

Actually, the formula for periphery is pi times dia.

So, for a .530 ball;

.530 X 3.1416= 1.665 or roughly 1 5/8" in diameter.

God bless

 

[tuscan]

today i cut mine patches in a hurry, 1x1inch, some were even bigger, nothing bad happend, i was happy. with my hummble expirience, it dont matter, precut, round, sqware, cut at muzzle, just load em and shoot em. and have fun doin it.

 

[J.D.]

today i cut mine patches in a hurry, 1x1inch, some were even bigger, nothing bad happend, i was happy. with my hummble expirience, it dont matter, precut, round, sqware, cut at muzzle, just load em and shoot em. and have fun doin it.

:bow: :thumbsup:

 

[bwhoffman]

I too cut strips then square patches cause I don't have a fancy dandy tool like Brett. He did ask about round patches and I knew of Bretts home made tool and mentioned it. Hell if I had that I just might cut mine round too. :v

I was thinking of making one for the .58

Do I need to make 2 of them?