before you tape or glue it down, try a piece of that web stuff that you use to line tool box drawers.. I use a rectangle of it with my sanding box and it damn near locks the stock to the table..
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then I won't suggest trying some of the HF stuff to see if it works on your jig.. *g*
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Another thing that might work is to go to a fabric store (sewing type) and get some "tread" for sleeper or slippers and attach it with spray adhesive. That way you can have the shape and size you want, and it's non-abrasive.
It's also machine washable on regular and dry on gentle if that matters.
Glenna
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aka Vyco. I lucked out at an architect's garage sale, and scored a humungous student table covered in Vyco, with Universal Boardmaster machine, plan drawer, pencil drawer, and gin-u-wine post-WWII massive construction, for $50. I couldn't fit it in my car, so he delivered it. And he threw in a 4'x2' light table with a parallel arm.
Not really sticky at all. Not slick, but hardly high-friction.
Kevin
My idea would be to get a sheet of LDPE a little bit larger than the base of your jig. Scruff up the bottom of your jig with some rough sand paper and then smear some silicone caulk (not the paintable kind, but the pure kind.) all over the base of the jig and place it on the LDPE sheet. The silicone will not stick to the LDPE so when the silicone has cured, peel off the LDPE and you have a nice rubbery base for your jig.
I just bought a tube of the silicone at the Home Depot tonight. It was a tad under $5 for a standard calking gun tube, and available in about 5 colors.
If you cant find a sheet of LDPE this is the stuff coffee can lids are made from or lots of other stuff also. Visqueen and trash bags are also a candidate but if you use a film try and find the thickest one you can find as it will be easier to hold it flat as you set the jig on top. If you have to resort to a thin trash can liner, try stretching it over a board to restrain it.
That's the stuff I get a Wal-Mart.
It comes in designer colors, too!
You could attach it to one side with spray adhesive, the other should naturally grip a bench. A swipe with a damp paper towel or sponge makes it stickier.
Barry
that's the stuff for shelves, Barry... the stuff for tool drawers (orchard, sears, etc.) is stickier and heavier.. only comes in "Henry Ford black", though.. *g*
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How big does it have to be? At best buy they sell these rubbery, sticky pads for your dashboard that let you put things like your sunglasses and you ipod up there without it moving.
If you take all that stuff off the top, it would make a good table for your PC with CAD program.
Pro'ly not. Last time I washed a jig it was hell on my dryer.
not very accurate when they shrink, either..
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