Re: Work Holding Tape/glue
Superglue to a thin metal sheet, 3mm Aluminium is good, clamp the sheet down and when you've finished flip the work and heat the back of the sheet to break the superglue bond.
Mitre-Bond from Wickes is good as it's activated and reaches full strength really quickly, I use it to hold all manner of materials down to aluminium plates, you can "kiss" it with your cutter too without any worries at wood routing speeds,
Regards,
Nick
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Hi
I have used tape only on rosewood fretboards and maple necks (and aluminium) - see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBn8HyEg1E4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFfwrKdfsCw
I think the holding power of tape is probably more to do with depth of cut than material hardness per say (I'm no expert) and over a certain depth I tend to use screws into a sacrificial plywood bed if possible or clamps if I'm not going through the material.
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I agree there, I was testing a 6mm end mill, doing 3mm DOC at 600mm/m and the wood was moving. I was probably going a bit fast there
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can you buy it in the uk?
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johnsattuk
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Don't know of a UK supplier, I just buy mine from Germany
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Doesn't work for everyone, needs a good vacuum pump, not so good on a vacuum cleaner
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johnsattuk
Don't know of a UK supplier, I just buy mine from Germany
My Denford microrouter has a built in Vacuum pump
Got a link where to buy the mats?
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