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Dano

215 posts in 560 days


476 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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Bob #2

2055 posts in 549 days


476 days ago

Dano, I use both types.
The gummy type works well with larger pieces that could come loose and the thin white stuff works with templates and the like.
I don’t see you having a major problem using just the thicker stuff.
I got both at a carpet and tile place.
I try not to shop at the borgs. ( personal preference)

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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DAN

3461 posts in 511 days


476 days ago

I buy mine from walmart. lowes probably has some too.

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Buckskin

483 posts in 516 days


476 days ago

You might avoid the big box stores and go to specialty carpet and flooring store.

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Karson

13165 posts in 928 days


476 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.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Hawgnutz

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476 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.
I also use some carpet tape that I got at Lowes or Home Depot It is thinner and holds the pattern and project together real well. But. Like Buckskin and other say, you can always find some at a carpert store.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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Dano

215 posts in 560 days


475 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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Drew

19 posts in 604 days


475 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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Thos. Angle

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475 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, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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