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So along this same sort of line, has anyone gotten the bench cookies from rockler? They look like a hockey puck with some sort of gripping surface... well take a look here and see what I'm talking about:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page ... %20cookies

So what I'm wondering is what it would take to make these in our own shops. I have no idea how heavy they are or how they feel but maybe you do??

How much do hockey pucks cost now? I seem to recall getting 3 or 4 for a buck way back when....

Ed

reible wrote:So along this same sort of line, has anyone gotten the bench cookies from rockler? They look like a hockey puck with some sort of gripping surface... well take a look here and see what I'm talking about:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page ... %20cookies

So what I'm wondering is what it would take to make these in our own shops. I have no idea how heavy they are or how they feel but maybe you do??

How much do hockey pucks cost now? I seem to recall getting 3 or 4 for a buck way back when....

Ed

I bought a set and find them useful. They probably weigh about 3 to 4 ounces apiece and are about 3 inches in diameter. They do stay put pretty well and elevate the workpiece about an inch. I've used mine when sanding and finishing and do like them.

Making your own would not be very difficult if you find the right non-slip padding. It seems that theirs might be a little "stickier" than a normal router pad. An MDF disk with the non-slip top and bottom would certainly do the trick.

When I first saw those cookies for sale my only thought was to wonder if I should make them out of walnut or cherry...

Hi,

Sorry this might be a bit off course for this posting but I've got this cookie thing on my mind.

What I use for both a sanding and router pad (I'm never very sure about router pads so I do very little work with them... just a mental picture I get if the piece decides to get away...) Anyway I use this material that is really a drawer liner. I stick it under the feet of the electronics such as tape decks that are now so light that pushing the buttons slides them back??? and for lots of other applications like that. Hey I even use it as drawer liner!

I'm thinking this might be a good material for this sort of cookie use in the shop but I have not tested it nor I have tried any methods of gluing the material to anything. I'll try and get a hockey puck and put some together this week for testing.

This is what the material looks like:
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Ed

That's the same stuff (Ed's photo) that is used for shelves in R.V.s, router pads, home shelves, etc. Sometimes this stuff is quite expensive, but sometimes it can be found in dollar stores, or other discount stores in large rolls.

Think I may have gotten my last roll at JoAnne's Fabrics.

I use that stuff for anywhere I want to prevent slippage. The price does vary greatly depending on where you buy it!

Looks like what I buy to put under throw rugs. Found it works for drawer liner and holding objects for sanding. Can get it in long and wide rolls really che...inexpensive.

lv2wdwrk wrote:Looks like what I buy to put under throw rugs. Found it works for drawer liner and holding objects for sanding. Can get it in long and wide rolls really che...inexpensive.

That works great in the drawers of metal tool boxes.
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robinson46176 wrote:That works great in the drawers of metal tool boxes.
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Tack them down with Glue to prevent sliding!

Peachtree Woodworking Supply has a 12" x 12" square of rubber mat material with adhesive back on one side for $6.99. They show it in there catalog online. Type in "Self adhesive rubber mat" in the search block. That will take you to a coupon page. It's on the first page on the bottom right side.