for your jointer are possible if you go to a skateboard shop and buy “Grip Tape”. This is a peel and stick black sandpaper that you put on skateboards. The adhesive is very good and the grit is tough. The paper works WAY better than the gripy foam that came with my commercially made push blocks.
Also good for miter gauges and shop made cutt-off jigs.
I also put some on my downdraft sanding table. Workpieces stay put while under the load from a R.O.Sander.
The skateboard grip tape is $6.00 to $8.00
Edited 10/25/2007 6:46 pm ET by DonC
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Not sure what is better but I use the stick on stair thread.. About the same price but I have to cut it into strips..
Even cheaper, use a 4 x 6 x3/4 block, put a metal hadle on it, and screw 4 screws thru it leaving a 1/4" exposed.
Done.
Expert since 10 am.
This topic popped into my head just the other day and I was thinking of getting some of the Festool stuff they put on the bottom of the guide rails. It is amazing how well it keeps the guide rail in place. A little on the pricey side, $18 for 33 feet.
The skateboard stuff sounds interesting though. I will take a look.
Josh
Another way I use on many push blocks is to bore an undersized hole for a 3/8" dowel.Bore the hole at the back,sometimes I bore two ,side by side.Cut a dowel about 2" long and tap it into the hole.Leave about 3/8" projecting below the push block.If you have an operation where the dowel gets cut, just tap it down again until you have to replace the dowel.The dowels are just a lip to catch the trailing end of a board.
I gave the push blocks to a neighbor years ago as I found that shop made pushblocks of various sizes were more convenient.
mike
I'am not a big fan of that gritty non-skid tape, just one loose particle of that stuff can put some nasty scratches in a piece of wood.(36 grit) on the loose.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I bet this high friction tape from lee valley would do the trick without marking the woodhttp://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32184&cat=1,110,43466
Nicknamed "the printer's friend", this silicone tape..Geeee. And I have thought NOTHING stuck to silicone! Well, at least paint! Learn something new every day!
"And I have thought NOTHING stuck to silicone!"
It's not sticky in the adhesion sense. It's just has a very high friction coefficient, so stuff doesn't slide over the surface.
-Steve
OK so I was sleepin' in that part of my science class! LOL...
"OK so I was sleepin' in that part of my science class!"
No problem. I'm happy to slap you awake whenever necessary. ;)
-Steve
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