Carpet Tape

[Irving]

If you have a nice steel top, I really like the idea of securing the carpet to a piece, or a couple of pieces of plywood that can be removed. That way if you need to grind, torch, solder, or perform any other hot/fire/chemical activities, you can switch to the appropriate table top.

[jerrymrc]

If you have a nice steel top, I really like the idea of securing the carpet to a piece, or a couple of pieces of plywood that can be removed. That way if you need to grind, torch, solder, or perform any other hot/fire/chemical activities, you can switch to the appropriate table top.

That would be a good idea. You could route slots in the backside for "L" shaped brackets and with 2 per side the whole thing would just pop on and off. One of my work benches is being converted to stainless and a top like that would be nice.

[KS63]

Last night I clamped a 1x3 with a clamp over the top and this morning it seemed to adhere. Problem is I'd have to purchase $50 worth of clamps or rent them. Going to see if there's a glue that'd work on top of the existing tape. Thanks for the good tips guys and gal!

[crays]

Last night I clamped a 1x3 with a clamp over the top and this morning it seemed to adhere. Problem is I'd have to purchase $50 worth of clamps or rent them. Going to see if there's a glue that'd work on top of the existing tape. Thanks for the good tips guys and gal!

Would it be feasible to turn the table upside down and use weight, instead of clamps?

[KS63]

I'll have to do that for the sides. After some thinking, I had a tube of Liquid Nails that I used to fix my kids wooden toy Ducky that was sitting on top of my safe. I rubbed some on the top of the tape, rolled the carpet on it, then I added weights (reloading bullet boxes and large cases of brass) on top. This worked.