drums and piezo sensors

[Martin Czech]

> An excellent source of nice rubber pads is a local offset print shop.  
> They are called "blankets" and carry the ink from the plate to the
> paper. Blankets are made of a few layers of fabric and rubber with a
> smooth surface.  If the press grabs too many sheets of paper at once,
> this can dent the surface ( smash the blanket ) to the point where it
> has to be thrown out.  Ask the shop to save their old blankets!
> They don't go through a lot of them but will probably have one or two 
> every month and these are usually tossed away.
> 
> The blankets are thin but very bouncy and you can glue several of them 
> together ( or glue one over a mouse pad ) to get the right resiliance.
> 
good idea. Also possible: floor carpet stuff, with one side of rubber,
the other of textile stuff, it is normaly glued to the surface. Or
"linoleum", a textile matrix with a kind of natural rubber, also used
for floors and also for artist (you can cut lines, shapes etc. into the
rubber and then print with black/white or even colour). Shops for
artists should have this, but also shops for carpets and the like.

m.c.