| Review by Greg Wurst | posted 124 days ago | 792 views | 0 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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- Rockler Bench Cookies
- Brand: Rockler | Category: Router Accessories
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I see I’ve been beaten to the punch on the review, but I’ll go ahead and add my 2 cents worth here. I was at Rockler this weekend and noticed they had these in stock; so I forked-over my $12 and bought a set.
As you probably know by now, these are plastic pucks with what is essentially router pad material on both sides. They grip tenaciously, and with any moderate downward pressure will hold your workpiece in place.
For any large panel or heavy object these worked great. However, I'd only give them 4 1/2 stars if I could since they did not work well for light panels while using my random orbit sander. Without sufficient weight everything bounced around; and you had to hold the piece down on one side to keep it in place. In these situations, I'd stick to a router pad to hold the pieces in place.
I'll probably pick-up another set next time I go to Rockler. Well worth the $12, and an actual innovative idea.
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12 comments so far
John Gray
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posted 124 days ago
Nice review. I have a set of these and like them. I think in the 2nd video if you had brushed or vacuumed the saw dust off the bench 1st they would have worked alot better at least they do for me.
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a1Jim
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posted 124 days ago
good review
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tomd
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posted 124 days ago
Thanks for the review, bench cookies, I think you just made me hungry.
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posted 124 days ago
John is exactly right – just bang the cookies on the bench to knock the dust off, give your bench a quick sweep or vacuum, and you’re good to go! Thanks for the review!
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John Gray
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posted 124 days ago
tomd – Tom you’d think that at least they’d make a version with chocolate chips. ;-)
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hermance
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posted 124 days ago
great review Greg – it’s nice to see these in action…
Glad you’re enjoying them
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Mike Gager
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posted 123 days ago
could you just glue some router pad material (kitchen drawer liner) to both sides of some scrap MDF and get the same effect? sorry i am that much of a cheapskate, just ask my wife :)
Greg Wurst
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posted 123 days ago
They’re a bit more cushiony (if that’s a word) that a router pad. Probably about as thick as 4 of the thinner pads on each side.
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handi
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posted 123 days ago
Mike, you could make your own, but for $12.00 why bother?
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Mike Gager
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posted 123 days ago
hey in this day and economy, $12 is $12!
PineInTheAsh
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posted 46 days ago
With reviews from member Greg Wurst: ”...these are plastic pucks with what is
essentially router pad material …”
And from member Handi: “They act like a routing mat…”
Why not simply use router mats?
Or save money and get better performance from the gummiest kitchen drawer liners?
We found “rubberized” trivets in a Dollar store whose holding power was unmatched.
degoose
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posted 32 days ago
That’s real good for you guys that live near a Rockler Store but they want to charge 50 bucks to ship to Australia on top of the very reasonable US$11.99
So I made some for myself… Priceless.
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