I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided
1/4" Melamine.
Can be used as protective pads during glue-ups.
Add some double back tape and you have temporary zero clearance backer
blocks for all kind of table saw sleds as well as router fence
applications.
Due to low cost, there is an incentive to look for more applications
as well as discarding used pieces frequently.
Lew
On Jul 24, 3:53=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> =A0"Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
> > And similar uses in your example.
>
> No way am I going to waste UHMWPE On clamp pads or backer boards for
> jigs/fences.
>
> Compared to UHMWPE, 1/4" double sided melamine is dirt cheap by
> comparison.
They sell UHWMPE tape. It's great for making things side, is cheap
enough, and easily replaceable. I use it on fences, sliding door
track (not the store-bought stuff), etc.
R
On Jul 24, 6:27=A0pm, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:41:23 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
> > <[email protected]> wrote the following:
>
> >>I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
>
> >>Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided
> >>1/4" Melamine.
>
> > Does not compute. =A0What is the melamine double-sided with? =A0;)
>
> It's a plywood/melamine sandwich. The melamine is the bread. I previously
> wasn't aware it was made in 1/4". If you DAGS, you'll find a lot of uses.=
I
> wonder if it is 1/4" or really 7mm.
That was my thought as well. It's a double whammy with Imperial
measuring - odd divisions and the material isn't that dimension
anyway! I wonder how much of my life I've wasted messing around
compensating for the nominal/actual dimension difference. Next
life...I'm not doing it.
R
On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:41:23 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote the following:
>I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
>
>Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided
>1/4" Melamine.
Does not compute. What is the melamine double-sided with? ;)
--
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels,
throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions,
without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act
with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
>
> Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided 1/4"
> Melamine.
Any clues on where to find? How does it compare to UHMW?
>
> Can be used as protective pads during glue-ups.
>
> Add some double back tape and you have temporary zero clearance backer
> blocks for all kind of table saw sleds as well as router fence
> applications.
>
> Due to low cost, there is an incentive to look for more applications as
> well as discarding used pieces frequently.
>
> Lew
>
>
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
>> Any clues on where to find? How does it compare to UHMW?
> ---------------------------------
> Any decent sheet goods supplier will have it.
>
> "Compare to UHMW"?
>
> Price, function, what?
Function. What is the price?
>
> Two totally different products.
And similar uses in your example.
>
> Lew
>
>
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Jul 24, 3:53 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
>
> > And similar uses in your example.
>
> No way am I going to waste UHMWPE On clamp pads or backer boards for
> jigs/fences.
>
> Compared to UHMWPE, 1/4" double sided melamine is dirt cheap by
> comparison.
They sell UHWMPE tape. It's great for making things side, is cheap
enough, and easily replaceable. I use it on fences, sliding door
track (not the store-bought stuff), etc.
R
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I'll second the use of the tape. Just great for jigs.
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:41:23 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
> <[email protected]> wrote the following:
>
>>I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
>>
>>Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided
>>1/4" Melamine.
>
> Does not compute. What is the melamine double-sided with? ;)
It's a plywood/melamine sandwich. The melamine is the bread. I previously
wasn't aware it was made in 1/4". If you DAGS, you'll find a lot of uses. I
wonder if it is 1/4" or really 7mm.
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Jul 24, 6:27 pm, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:41:23 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
> > <[email protected]> wrote the following:
>
> >>I've been taking a wood working class at a local community college.
>
> >>Learning some very neat stuff including lots of uses for double sided
> >>1/4" Melamine.
>
> > Does not compute. What is the melamine double-sided with? ;)
>
> It's a plywood/melamine sandwich. The melamine is the bread. I previously
> wasn't aware it was made in 1/4". If you DAGS, you'll find a lot of uses.
> I
> wonder if it is 1/4" or really 7mm.
That was my thought as well. It's a double whammy with Imperial
measuring - odd divisions and the material isn't that dimension
anyway! I wonder how much of my life I've wasted messing around
compensating for the nominal/actual dimension difference. Next
life...I'm not doing it.
R
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I finally bought set of 'plywood size' router bits from Rockler. Just too
much hassle otherwise.