Double Sided Tape For Inlays

[Tim Crosby]

 Needed to make a few identical inlays, I used to Solder the pieces together but it was always a pain and a bigger mess to clean up. So I tried Two Sided Carpet tape, worked great. Put on the tape, press together in vice, saw/file to shape, draft the sides, heat, quench, bend if needed and inlet.
 May be old news to some but it was new to me.

   Tim C. 

[smylee grouch]

Sounds likme a good idea to me. Can you get the tape at most big box stores?

[Clark Badgett]

Wonder if that would hold up when drilling parts like key escutcheons.

[flehto]

I use super glue when making multiple inlays. When finished, use a propane torch and they  separate......super glue no longer adheres  at 250 degrees or above....Fred

[Tim Crosby]

Sounds likme a good idea to me. Can you get the tape at most big box stores?

It came from a Flooring store. TC

 As for drilling while taped together, I do not see why not. I would not think it, the drilling would generate enough heat, sawing it with a Jeweler Saw doesn't, to cause the pieces to separate, worth a try. TC

[RAT]

I get this kind of tape at ACE hardware.

[Mark Elliott]

I use super glue when making multiple inlays. When finished, use a propane torch and they  separate......super glue no longer adheres  at 250 degrees or above....Fred

This is good to know.    I knew you could heat epoxy to release it.   I didn't know the same applied to cyanoacrylate.