Push Blocks

John4337 · Post by **John4337** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:50 am

The bottom of a couple of my old Shopsmith push blocks are deteriorating. Has anyone redone them? If so, what did you use?

This one is not terrible

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This one is toast...

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dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:53 am

I cut some mouse pads to size, cleaned the old pads off the push blocks and reattached to mouse pads to the push blocks.

Apply the adhesive to both the push block and the mouse pad. I don't recall what adhesive I used.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:33 am

Remember that you may have to replace them in the future. Be careful which adhesive you use, since you may have to clean it off again.

John4337 · Post by **John4337** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:02 pm

Mouse Pads, who would have thought, but they actually sound perfect. I was thinking 3M super 77 or super 90 adhesive

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:03 pm

beeg wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:33 am Remember that you may have to replace them in the future. Be careful which adhesive you use, since you may have to clean it off again.

Nice job for the belt sander

John4337 · Post by **John4337** » Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:45 pm

As an update, the mouse pad material seems to be the trick. I found these desktop mouse pads at Wal-Mart. Cleaned the old stuff off and scuffed the block with 180 grit and used spray adhesive to attach the new material and trimmed it with a razor knife.

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Came out great

benmcn · Post by **benmcn** » Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:10 pm

Tom from Woodshop Nerdery posted a video on YouTube where he used tool box drawer liner as a pad replacement.
In addition to replacing the pads he added a “ heel” to one of his pushblocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AceTAfItf48

John4337 · Post by **John4337** » Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:58 am

benmcn wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:10 pm Tom from Woodshop Nerdery posted a video on YouTube where he used tool box drawer liner as a pad replacement.
In addition to replacing the pads he added a “ heel” to one of his pushblocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AceTAfItf48

That is a cool idea, just got a little project for today, thanks.

rpd · Post by **rpd** » Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:36 am

If the mouse pads aren't grippy enough, Lee valley sells high friction sheets.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/to ... ion-sheets

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