Bench Cookey's for just pennies

Good idea…it’s always more fun to make your own.

-- Vince

Great idea! you should send it to shop notes and get published. Yes, Rockler will be mad:-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Thanks for the idea. Better to make a simple item like this then to buy it.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Bench Cookies from Rockler…..US$11.99
Postage to Australia….............US$37.00
Look on Rocklers Faces when they see these….....PRICELESS \

LMAO

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

i was in walmart the other day ,
and they have ’ shelf liners ’ in rolls ,
just like the router/sanding mats .

peanuts , compared to catalog prices .

and they come in various widths ,
and 4 colors !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

wow…I was looking at them just the other day…thanks for the idea…now I think I’ll make my own

Thanks again

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

Here’s the ones I’ve been making and using since Rockler gave me the idea.
My first batch were round, using hole cutter slugs.
Then I started making them square or rectangular.
Originally I called mine “Bench Bisquits”, now I call them Bench Brownies.
I love brownies. :)

-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."

I suppose I should google the answer… But it is more fun to ask here. What do you use these cookies / brownies for?

Great Idea! Now I feel bad! I have bought 3 sets of these, although one was for my father as a gift! I’ll be making some now though!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

mtkate ,
they are anti-skids for routing , ( they hold the work up off of the bench , so the set screw doesn’t bottom out )
and for sanding , without clamps .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

I had the same thought! God knows I’ve got tons of scrap not to mention the rolls patron mentioned that I also picked up at Walmart.

-- Sawdust looks better in the garage than cars, explain that to your wife!

I also thought ” WOW what a great idea!”....for sanding my newly made cabinet doors. So while at Home Depot I picked up a roll of shelf liner just like what is shown on the blocks. When used on wood w/o stain for added color, and after you have applied the poly finish. I sprayed the finish on, it looked great at first. Then hundreds of fisheyes appeared shortly after in the same form as the antiskid mat!
After futher inspection of the remaining doors that were unsprayed. They had the same shiny little spots where the mat seemed to have polished the wood or added some kind of film to the surface.
I strongly suggest trying a test on any such material first. I wished I had pictures to show what had happened to my doors but frankly I was just to imbarassed to share it.
Trying to be cheap sometimes costs more in the long run.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

I think the problem might be a coating that seems to be on these Matt’s that could be silicone based.That is always a problem with finishes. My guess is that if you wipe these down with naphtha first(assuming this does not damage the matt) it will clean off the contaminant

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I bought a roll of Griprite shelf liner at Dollar General for $1.00. They have it in two thickness. The rolls are 12 inches wide and 5 foot long. I used 12 inches for these and had 2 blocks left over, so I could get 45 pieces out of a dollar roll. I wouldn’t think that if the finish was cured that it would react with anything as it doesn’t seem to have any king of coating on the mat. I will just be using them to hold stuff still to rout or sand. When I am finishing something I use the painter’s pyramid’s. They work great. Could easily make them also.

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

Degoose, thanks for making me chuckle!!!!!! Loved your comment!!!!

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

I think Rockler may object to your use of their copyrighted name, other than that all bets are off. I got mine for about $8.50 on sale with free postage. They work great. I could have made them but they would have been so far down the list of “to do’s” and going out to buy more material, well, at this point is out of the question. Maybe if you called them Bench Brownies, as suggested, Rockler wouldn’t mind.

Must be nice to have more money than time. Never been in that situation myself, LOL!!!

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

Bench Brownies. I think I make me some tomorrow…............LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Nothing beats a little ingenuity….and a bit of common “cents”....great tip….I’ve always used the foam that gets packed with equipment as a kind of bench anti skid….never thought of buying something….now I’ll just hit the dollar store for the shelf liners….some wood scraps…a bit of adhesive (all stuff lying around)...and wallah…. Sorry Rockler….

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Bench Crackers
Bench Nabs

It’ll be hard to beat “Brownies” :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

free IS better, just pennies each is great!

nice post, tanks

Grippos!

Good to see at least some members taking our months’ ago advice: There’s a lot for woodworkers at unconventional places.
WalMart, Target, and your neighborhood dollar stores are ripe with gadgets, tools, modifications for your woodshop.
And… get this, at top quality and at the lowest price.

Yeah, when I saw these offered from Rockler, I thought “Why not make them instead? It would definitely be easier and cheaper too!”

Very inventive and I’m sure we’ll be seeing a ton more too!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Did someone say something about brownies? I love brownies. I can wait for my mother to call. “So, what are you doing?” “Awe ma, I’m making brownies.”

I just so happen to have some self liner grippy stuff laying around.

-- Chunk

I made one of these and didn’t even know it!!!

For my fairy doors, I took a block of wood and attached some shelf liner rubber to it. Then I put a swivel on the bottom of it so I could easily rotate the pieces I was working on.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)