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Mr Spud,
I've also taken wool trimmings from hemming & sleeve shortening a Confederate wool uniform and felted them. That is, you boil the wool and then dry it in the dryer. That way it thickens and gets fuzzier. Dry it, THEN punch out the wads. Lube them after punching them out. Otherwise you squeeze out a lot of your lube. It's much less messy to cut them out when they are unlubed. I use a 3/8" hole punch chucked into my drill press and you can punch them out over a block of wood. I use the 7/16" for 44 cal. Beeswax & lard 50/50 or beeswax & olive oil 50/50 as lubes. If you want softer for winter use then 1:2 beeswaxlive oil (drop a little piece of blue crayon to color the winter mix to tell the wads from your summer ones. You can get a whole set of punches for $5-$10 from Harbor Freight.