You could also coat the whole top surface with some non-skid material. 220 adhesive-backed sandpaper?
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Router Planing Fixtures
- Thread starter Bruce Johnson
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You could also coat the whole top surface with some non-skid material. 220 adhesive-backed sandpaper?
Never been a problem. It does take some finesse to pop the glue but I've glued repeatedly in roughly the same spot over and over without damage. I do like bruce's idea of a non-skid surface though. That would be a lot quicker.
Also you can put down blue tape where you're going to put the hot glue -- the blue tape pulls away pretty easily but has good shear strength.
You could also buy a wide belt of 220 grit fabric backed sandpaper, but it so that it is a long strip, and use masking tape and spray adhesive to stick it down. (Masking tape to protect the surface you want to attach the sandpaper to, then spray adhesive to stick it down.)
It would probably last forever.
It would probably last forever.
Not to get too geeky about the griptape idea, but would their be a lol of suction if the surface isn't smooth?
The nice thing about the hot glue (supposing I don't screw it up) is that wouldn't get in the way of the suction itself. I guess if the sandpaper/griptape is a fine enough grip the suction loss would be minimal...
The nice thing about the hot glue (supposing I don't screw it up) is that wouldn't get in the way of the suction itself. I guess if the sandpaper/griptape is a fine enough grip the suction loss would be minimal...
Yeah I don't know about that. You could also use the old super-glue + masking tape trick.
First: Crafting glue gun ABSOLUTELY worked like a charm! 
Second: The fact that the glue gun is glittery pink is b/c I "borrowed" it from my daughter, lol.
Third: It made planing infinitely easier, needing only clamps for my ad-hoc rails (one of the reasons I wanted this to be a really wide vacuum board).
Finally: Once I get one side "decently" planed, the glue gun is no longer needed. If the piece makes really good contact with all the holes under it, it REALLY stays put!
Thanks for all the ideas guys! I love TB!
Second: The fact that the glue gun is glittery pink is b/c I "borrowed" it from my daughter, lol.
Third: It made planing infinitely easier, needing only clamps for my ad-hoc rails (one of the reasons I wanted this to be a really wide vacuum board).
Finally: Once I get one side "decently" planed, the glue gun is no longer needed. If the piece makes really good contact with all the holes under it, it REALLY stays put!
Thanks for all the ideas guys! I love TB!
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No need to explain your choice of glue gun... We're all friends here.First: Crafting glue gun ABSOLUTELY worked like a charm!
Second: The fact that the glue gun is glittery pink is b/c I "borrowed" it from my daughter, lol.
Third: It made planing infinitely easier, needing only clamps for my ad-hoc rails (one of the reasons I wanted this to be a really wide vacuum board).
Finally: Once I get one side "decently" planed, the glue gun is no longer needed. If the piece makes really good contact with all the holes under it, it REALLY stays put!
Thanks for all the ideas guys! I love TB!
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No need to explain your choice of glue gun... We're all friends here.
Good b/c subsequent pics may or may not include my other daughter's sparkly purple glue gun...
And forget about finding simple, clear glue sticks in our house...
...in other words, its not good thinking you're the alpha male in the house when you're the ONLY male in the house
Ain't nothing wrong with a man using some sparkly glue guns every now and then.
Hey building basses is a joyful experience, bright sparkly seems appropriate.
Yup this is the first time I've ever dabbled in anything sparkly that's bass related...
No, really...
Honest...
Pickguard Epoxy pour experiment!
Another idea: A thin (1/16") sheet of fairly soft rubber, cut to fit the bed, with matching punched holes. You'd use it only when the underside of the board is somewhat rough and uneven, and doesn't seal well.
I think you mentioned that a couple pages back and that was going to be my next thing to look into if the hot glue didn't work.
I should add that I purposefully use cheap dollar store glue sticks for this. The really good brand name glue is harder to release but the dollar store stuff pops off easy.
Yeah, the um... glitter in the glue sticks reduces their integrity so it's easier to remove... yeah, that's why I have glittery glue sticks...
welp, fyi, the HD Buckethead vacuum only lasted two sessions before it quit on me... I got a stanley to replace it, again under the guise of "for the house" as the missus arches an eyebrow ever so slightly...
