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846 days ago |
I keep seeing the use of double sided carpet tape to temporary attach templates to work pieces for routing etc. I went to the box stores and all I could find was a fiber reinforced thick gummy tape. What I have seen on TV looks to be thinner without any reenforcement, so what is it and where do I get some? -- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye! |
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846 days ago |
Dano, I use both types. Bob -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner |
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846 days ago |
I buy mine from walmart. lowes probably has some too. -- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever |
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846 days ago |
You might avoid the big box stores and go to specialty carpet and flooring store. |
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846 days ago |
The thin stuff is like a piece of plastic with glue on both sides. It is usually the cheapest one you can find. The one with fibers is a better holder. More permanent. Try five and dime stoors or dollar stores. Thats usually the only kind they carry. -- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com † |
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846 days ago |
I use the thicker double-sided tape I bought at walmart for pattern routing. the wider gap helps me to space the bearing and the cutting edge. I bought the double-sided tape at Walmart. God Bless, -- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards |
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845 days ago |
Thanks folks, Wally world had some of the thinner stuff I was looking for. Hawgnutz, I already bought some of the thicker tape too, thinking it was thinner. I want to make a couple zero clearance inserts for the table saw and will use it like you suggest to space the original plate and the piece I am working on. -- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye! |
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845 days ago |
I found some good carpet tape in the flooring section of Home Despot. It works pretty good but its kind of hard to peel off the backing, A good x-acto blade helps. -- What would Marc do? |
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845 days ago |
I use doublesided tape from Woodcraft. I hold templates and use it to set drawer fronts on cabinets. It’s good enough that I hold the wooden jaw guards in my vise jaws with it. I never stop thinking up new ways to use it. -- Thos. Angle |
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