Clamp challenge

Projects
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I have an 8" circular stock I want to carve all the way around.

I do not want to ruin the surface with a screw through the material.

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Double sided wood tape

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Cut a piece of MDF with a pocket that the piece fits tightly in.

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Shhh… You’ll anger the Phil… But seriously… might be my only option.

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Legit, however I’d like to go all the way to the bottom of the piece.

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Screw it to another board from the bottom and then clamp it down?

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It’s always worked for me

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This Tape is a little pricey but sticks great and leaves no residue.

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Mentioning Double-Sided Tape to anger Phil
OR
Using a high-quality Double-Sided Tape to secure a work-piece?

Seriously… Thanks for the specific recommendation.
Horray for amazon Prime. It’s going in my ‘cnc’ wishlist for now.

Brilliant. This involves things I already have.
I have a massive headache right now. I need to crowd-source my thinking.

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I’m going second the double sided tape. If your concerned about sticky residue put masking tape on then double sided tape. I work for a sign company running a cnc router. We have a vacuum hold down system run by a 4HP regenerative vacuum and I still double sided tape more than half the stuff I cut.

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Masking tape on both, superglue in between.

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I use this double sided tape on a lot of things…greating holding power and no residue when it is removed:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0141L81GS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Securing solved, now I need a good way to find the center of the circle.
If you have an ingenious method for finding the center of a circle, let me know.

I found this video… I want a double of whatever he’s having…

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Make this with your machine and you’ll be all set.

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Make that in Easel, accurately, and I’ll buy you a beer…

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be right back in a few. Get that beer ready.

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I use one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CD1T0A/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Legit make… I should have said Demonstrate the Method for creating in Easel, and I will beer you.

Step-by-step Instructions would benefit the community.
It’s perhaps not obvious to many that you can rotate by 45, then offset -Y by 1/2 Height in order to align the top edge with F(X)=Y.

I emphatically dislike how clunky Easel is to work with for this, as well as many other regards.

Private Message me your pay-pal email and you shall have your beer sir.