Someone may have thought about this before, or not. I'm slow sometimes.
Wanting to route a decorative edge around a board, I've always clamped it to my bench, routed until I hit the clamps, then move the board and route some more, repeat until all edges are routed. Couldn't think of a good way to keep the board still and route around the whole edge non stop.
Last night I spotted my double sided carpet tape. Eureka, cut off a couple boards smaller then the piece I'm routing, use double sided tape to mount the scrap on the bottom of my work piece, and use my sanding pad to hold everything. Worked great. You'll need to mount them so the piece doesn't tip while routing. I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before. Like I said, I'm slow sometimes.
Wanting to route a decorative edge around a board, I've always clamped it to my bench, routed until I hit the clamps, then move the board and route some more, repeat until all edges are routed. Couldn't think of a good way to keep the board still and route around the whole edge non stop.
Last night I spotted my double sided carpet tape. Eureka, cut off a couple boards smaller then the piece I'm routing, use double sided tape to mount the scrap on the bottom of my work piece, and use my sanding pad to hold everything. Worked great. You'll need to mount them so the piece doesn't tip while routing. I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before. Like I said, I'm slow sometimes.