Seat buffers

[Dave Plowman (News]

Wot I've always known them as. A rubber 'foot' that screws on. Originally for between a wood toilet seat and the pan. Most hardware stores used to sell them in a variety of sizes. Usually 4 on a card.

In this case its a foot for an old Quad amp. Held on by a pan head M4 screw. Would obviously replace all four, as I doubt I'd find an exact original.

Search on seat buffers on Ebay brings up modern plastic toilet ones - usually rectangular. And glued on. Or spares for Seat cars.

Thinking I'd get them easily, went to Wickes. Nothing. Looked online at B&Q and Screwfix. Nothing.

[Clive Arthur]

eBay "Rubber feet". Loads.

[Jeff Gaines]

Or "computer feet".

[Fredxx]

They are called feet rather than buffers. Or Bumpers.

Also for furniture: Most feet for equipment tend to be of the adhesive variety.

[jkn]

I tend to scavenge old bits of 'hifi' (cassette decks etc.) and take the feet off them. They typically are fastened on with a machine screw or self-tapper

[Andy Burns]

I don't know about calling them "buffers" but any search for "screw on rubber feet" finds what you want, as opposed to the stick-on variety.

[S Viemeister]

They are often called 'bumpers'. Amazon has loads, some of which are rubber and screw on.

[Brian Gaff]

Door stops? Brian

[Rob Morley]

These will last a while:

[Rob Morley]

IME experience old ones are hard and/or distorted. New feet aren't necessarily something you think of when tidying vintage kit, but they can add a nice finishing touch.

[Adrian Caspersz]

lookup "hifi isolator feet"

4pcs 40mm Amplifier Speaker Isolation Feet mats HiFi Stand Pad Audio Equipment - £3.35 for four

[Dave Plowman (News]

Ones I could find are self adhesive. I've already got lots of those. In this case the amp is held on the shelf by the screws which go through the seat buffer.

[Clive Arthur]

You must have a different eBay to me. There are loads with screws, though I imagine there's a lot of duplication.

eBay 132848533234

[Jeff Gaines]

[Andy Burns]

[Rob Morley]

Except they're now out of stock. Oh well, there are plenty of similar listings, just not such good value. I already bought some a few weeks ago.