Re: Where to Find ?

Hi Chris,
Sounds interesting stuff.

Have you considered woven antislip mat - holds things flat without
slipping. sometimes marketed as (hand) router no slip mats. its about
50 cents a square foot in Australia in various bargain basement
stores.

It will leak air so a higher capacity vacuum pump wopuld be needed on
a vaccum table but it grips so well that a turbine pump (or shopvac)
should work ok.

Regards
Bob Thomas

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Chris L <datac@l...> wrote:
> With the discussion on workholding recently, I rekindled my desire
to
> find a "Cheap" source for that sticky rubber that is used on some
> engraving table tops.
> If you are not familiar with this stuff, it is a fairly typical
looking
> rubber mat (usually orange) that you apply to your work area. When
you
> want to engrave a nameplate, just set the plate into place and
engrave
> away !
>
> It is "Sticky", to any clean, dry metallic material you might want
to
> engrave on, and will not allow anything flat to move at all. It is
an
> "Active" type of rubber and usually comes with a self adhesive back
for
> placement on your table top. It works excellent, and I have a few
small
> pieces that were cutoffs from a place I used to work at.
>
> The problem is, Those that sell it hold it out as some
real "miracle"
> stuff. Unfortunately they and have attached a "miracle" PRICE to it
as
> well !
>
> You can see an example of it here:
http://www.engravingsys.com/MultiMat.htm
>
> I know there has to be a rubber gasket material out there that
works the
> same way, but at far, far, FAR less cost.
>
> Anybody ? Great stuff if we can find it for less money !
>
> Chris L