[Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router

[Dave Howerton]

I use double-sided tape for most of the template routing I do. As long as the wood surface is clean & smooth you shouldn't have a problem. It also allows you to wax the top face of the template - as 2Dave mentioned - without affecting the hold of the tape...
Big Dave 

    On Saturday, December 3, 2016 1:18 AM, Brian Johnson <serversage at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 So I've never done any fancy template routing, but it seems like double sided tape would well work for this. No?

-Brian



On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:30 PM +0000, "Dave Heitstuman" <DaveH at sphcontrols.com> wrote:



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Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 4:34 AM
To: woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org
Subject: [Woodworkers] Secrets to Stenciling with a Router  I have seen several router template kits which advise to link the letters together and tape them onto the board with blue masking tape.  When I have tried this in the past I end up pushing the template letters around.  Is there a secret to doing this correctly?  Do I need to route the letters in multiple passes?Herb Treuil 
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