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
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
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?
Two totally different products.
Lew
Function. What is the price?
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.
Lew
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.
ROn Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:41:23 -0700, "Lew Hodgett" wrote the following:
Does not compute. What is the melamine double-sided with? ;)
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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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll second the use of the tape. Just great for jigs.
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
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finally bought set of 'plywood size' router bits from Rockler. Just too much hassle otherwise.
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