ideas/sources for rubber feet

[zjokka]

Really, I looked all around and even the diy store can only provide me inch tick small square rubber tiles for making pavements or something. They had no idea where I could find sheets of thin rubber. In what kind of stores should I look?

I ordered replacement dunlop wah feet once, man did I feel like planting my own rubber tree or what.

Have been using a lot of different stuff but stores seem only to have the felt or plastic chips to put under chairs. Because their self-adherent, which is an important issue: getting them to stick right. Or do most people do glue it to the metal?

there should be some good ideas around, I am sure.

thanks for reading this
j

[The Tone God]

If I'm serious I use feet/bumpers that take a machine screw and go through the lid. I prefer feet with a washer molded in. You'll never lose or rip that sucker off if done right. Also the feet tend to be higher which I like as it reduces wear, dirt, and sometimes allows cables to fall underneath the case for less troubles.

Andrew

[Meanderthal]

 Old mouse pads. Or new, they're certainly cheap enough.

[Kornell]

Old mouse pads. Or new, they're certainly cheap enough.

I use the same.

[dosmun]

If I remember correctly Radio Shack carries a few different sizes.

[Processaurus]

Small bear has some thick black rubber feet I like, they're about 3/8" thick or so, and soft enough the pedal don't skid about.

For a low profile I get this grey rubber non skid strips for stairs, from the hardware store.  It has an adhesive back, and comes in 2" strips.  I wish it were a little softer, but it works well as is.

[John Lyons]

If you just need something that works you can get creative. Anything rubbery or dense foam in sheet form will work.
Hardware stores, craft stores, and surplus stors will have a few things you can use to make feet for your stompbox.
E6000 glue is great for gluing them down. Contact cement works well too. Read those directions on the tube to get a good bond...
Make sure to clean the box with alcohol or some kind of solvent before you glue the feet on, nothing sticks to oil and fingerprints.

John

[zjokka]

Old mouse pads. Or new, they're certainly cheap enough.

I use the same.

Man, talking about a solution that is in front of my nose!

I'm in Europe, so SmallBear, I'm sorry, BTW $1,2 really is expensive for what it does. We don't have RadioShack, we had TANDY, but closed in the 80s.

Also found some pages on using silicon to make your own, but you should be able to make a batch and hence have a lot of molds is the drying period is 4 days

http://www.cronje.ca/80/diy-making-rubber-feet-for-table-legs-from-rtv-silicone

[petemoore]

  For my amp I wanted spongy, shock absorber type feet.
  I've glue/stapled tire innertubes, folded so it's a closed loop thread, two folds makes a square, 'double' foot.
  I was going to make or find strap adjuster looking hardware to loop the tubes through, but found the staples made quick work of the task, I used epoxy on the wood before stapling, hoping a little gets between the staple legs and the wood.
  Holding up great for a year now, the amp 'floats' on the cabinet, I have a lifetime supply of 'superfeet'...make some strap loopers and have nice looking 'superfeet'...I couldn't find anything that came close to the shock absorbing ability of the folded innertube.
  I folded the tube to 1/2 width, stapled an end, put a 1/2'' loop 'wrinkle' in it, another staple, one more loop and staple on the other end..A two pad shock absorbing, durable, lifetime replacement supply foot.
  Kinda ends up looking like a 'W'.
  I thought about using a nylon corded tractor tire, and hacking that up...too hard, hard to hack etc.
  Maybe start with a pair of 'flip-flop' slippers and a utility knife.

[gez]

FEET don't fail me now!

I've used them on flimsy folded aluminium enclosures and they work beautifully.

[Hanglow]

Rapid do have quite a few feet, which of course I forgot to buy last time I made an order

http://www.rapidonline.com/products.aspx?tier1=Tools%2c+Fasteners+%26+Production+Equipment&tier2=Fasteners+%26+Fixings&tier3=Feet


edit: oops, missed gez's post