When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a router,
bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the standard mylar tape
(like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is this some product that is a
specialty item for the woodworking industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used
carpet tape once - *once* - LOL!!
"C & E" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a
router,
> bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the standard mylar tape
> (like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is this some product that is
a
> specialty item for the woodworking industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used
> carpet tape once - *once* - LOL!!
>
>
What works really good for fixture purposes is a 3M product that looks like
masking tape but is double stick.
See page # 3335 at http://www.mcmaster.com/
--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.
C & E wrote:
> When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a router,
> bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the standard mylar tape
> (like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is this some product that is a
> specialty item for the woodworking industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used
> carpet tape once - *once* - LOL!!
The 3M tape can be used when bandsawing multiple pieces and perhaps
light drum sanding of the edges. I would not use it for any shaping that
produces lateral stress, such as power shapers, routers, and drilling of
surface holes using hole saws, augers, or large drill bits.
--
Bill
in Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, delete the double zeroes after @
C & E wrote:
| When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with
| a router, bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the
| standard mylar tape (like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or
| is this some product that is a specialty item for the woodworking
| industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used carpet tape once - *once* -
| LOL!!
The carpet tape I use has a fiber web with serious adhesive on both
sides. The roll of tape, a pair of shop scissors, and a small Stanley
prybar stay together in my shop; and the pry bar is usually needed to
break the bond. I bought the tape at Menards and use it for securing
difficult-to-clamp workpieces for CNC routing with a 5 HP spindle.
I've never had work shift or come loose without purposeful effort on
my part.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
Leuf <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:08:54 -0500, "C & E" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a
>>router, bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the
>>standard mylar tape (like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is
>>this some product that is a specialty item for the woodworking
>>industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used carpet tape once - *once* -
>>LOL!!
>
> You can get double side scotch tape at any office supply place, in 1/2
> or 3/4" widths. I've seen it in wider rolls used on woodworking
> shows, but dunno where to get it. Lee Valley and Woodcraft both sell
> a double sided tape, but I think it is more heavy duty and higher
> strength adhesive than the other stuff.
>
> I've found on some woods the tape can tear out fibers from the surface
> of the wood. It's also a pain pulling it off. I prefer to put little
> dabs of wood glue in the waste area, a lot cheaper that way too. But
> sometimes the tape is handy.
>
>
> -Leuf
>
Turner's tape, from Rockler's. Holds on really hard. Pretty cheap, too.
Patriarch
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:08:54 -0500, "C & E" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a router,
>bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the standard mylar tape
>(like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is this some product that is a
>specialty item for the woodworking industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used
>carpet tape once - *once* - LOL!!
You can get double side scotch tape at any office supply place, in 1/2
or 3/4" widths. I've seen it in wider rolls used on woodworking
shows, but dunno where to get it. Lee Valley and Woodcraft both sell
a double sided tape, but I think it is more heavy duty and higher
strength adhesive than the other stuff.
I've found on some woods the tape can tear out fibers from the surface
of the wood. It's also a pain pulling it off. I prefer to put little
dabs of wood glue in the waste area, a lot cheaper that way too. But
sometimes the tape is handy.
-Leuf
I use it all the time to hold aluminum parts to the machine table for
milling. Good tape and CLEAN.
"Willshak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> The 3M tape can be used when bandsawing multiple pieces and perhaps
> light drum sanding of the edges. I would not use it for any shaping that
> produces lateral stress, such as power shapers, routers, and drilling of
> surface holes using hole saws, augers, or large drill bits.
>
> --
> Bill
> in Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, delete the double zeroes after @
I like the carpet tape and use it all the time. The best thing I have
found.
Gary
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:08:54 -0500, "C & E" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with a router,
>bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the standard mylar tape
>(like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or is this some product that is a
>specialty item for the woodworking industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used
>carpet tape once - *once* - LOL!!
>
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:26:57 -0600, "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>C & E wrote:
>| When I read of this product being use to make matching pieces with
>| a router, bandsaw or sander are they generally talking about the
>| standard mylar tape (like 3-M) but with adhesive on both sides or
>| is this some product that is a specialty item for the woodworking
>| industry/ hobbyist? I misatakenly used carpet tape once - *once* -
>| LOL!!
>
>The carpet tape I use has a fiber web with serious adhesive on both
>sides. The roll of tape, a pair of shop scissors, and a small Stanley
>prybar stay together in my shop; and the pry bar is usually needed to
>break the bond. I bought the tape at Menards and use it for securing
>difficult-to-clamp workpieces for CNC routing with a 5 HP spindle.
>
>I've never had work shift or come loose without purposeful effort on
>my part.
Yep, I wouldn't take a chance with cellophane double-sided tape when
attaching a workpiece to a template to be used on the shaper. It may be a
pain to pull loose, but then that's the point isn't it? Really don't
relish the thought of something easy to pull off coming off while working
it on a shaper.
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