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I have a vintage Redhead pad that I'd like to reuse, but it will need a thicker spacer. Help me out with pad construction: the pad appears fixed to the old spacer; is it just a rubber pad cemented on there? Does the spacer have bushings around the screw holesthat project into the pad? Can I just cut it off and reattach it to another spacer? If so, what do I use to cut it off an glue it on? Thanks...

Fin:
I assume you don't care that the old rubber of your "vintage pad" is probably dried out and essentially dead. So... if all you need is more LOP why not add another (easily available) spacer between this pad/spacer and the wood? Separating the old rubber from the old spacer would not only be risky (you'd destroy the rubber part), but fairly pointless. As far as I know, there are no bushings in these old pads. But the rubber/spacer bond is quite solid. "For a few dollars more" than you have in this old pad, you can get a decent repro pad from Galazan that has new, resilient rubber.

Best, Kensal

Actually the pad is surprisingly supple; probably not perfect, but certainly usable, and it has the "look", which I like. The rubber is slightly over sized, so I thought I could replace the spacer and probably make the transition look OK; not sure I can do that by putting another spacer ahead of the existing one. Appears I'm looking at a new pad, or a slip-on (which I don't favor). Thanks for the input.

Fin:
Just a thought: You might be able to cut down the original spacer on a belt sander to about 1/32 of an inch, then get a new, slightly oversize spacer, mount both on the stock, and grind them down together. No one would likely ever see the slight thickness of remaining original spacer... if that's what you're after.

Best, Kensal

Kensal, thanks for the great idea; I may try that.