Substrate hold down

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I have been using the “clamps” that came with my FA Masuter Standard and not really a fan of them. I have seen a video of someone using painters tape and some kind of apoxy spray to hold their substrate down. Would double sided carpet tape work instead of the spray?

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That’s blue painters tap and CA glue.
It works great.
You don’t need the accelerant…

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I understand that from the video, but will double stick tape work as well?

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@KeithAnderson , two sided tape works quite well in many cases, it is a little bit harder to use, and you have to have the right kind of tape, 3M works well, some of the off brand tapes are not sticky enough.

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I cant comment on that.
The only thing I’ve used is the blue tape and CA glue.

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I see a lot of people posting about this tape in other forums.

But Personally, I use the Blue Tape and CA Glue

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Depending on what I am doing, may use blue tape & CA, two sided tape, wooden hold down clamps bolted to threaded inserts or t-track, or a fence with wedges pushing the workpiece against bench dogs.
On the vertical table, I hold the work against a fence (gives me a known XY location, & as there is no chance of the router hitting them I often use toggle clamps and also have a poor man’s moxon vise with nylon pads.
The easiest clamping is on the vertical table, doing box joints I can put a part in in about 20 seconds.

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