HEY THIS IS MY FIRST FORUM TOPIC, HOPE I AM IN THE RIGHT SECTION. ROCKLER ADVERTISES A BENCH COOKIE FOR HOLDING PROJECTS WHILE SANDING, ROUTING ETC. I HAVE READ SOMEWHERE IN ONE OF THE CLUBS MAGAZINES I THINK, THAT SOMEONE MADE GENERIC COOKIES WITH MAYBE CARPET SCRAPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT THIS?
THANKS,
ESTON FROM MISSOURI

Eston,

I'm sure others who have more experience than me will be along shortly.  But, just to get you started, you can make your own.  If you have a sabre or band saw, you can make round pieces from some 1" X material.  HF has some rubber mat for just a couple of buck that you can glue to your rounds.  It is a non-skid to keep things from sliding on your workbench.  Carpets may work, but if you are making these to keep the item from being damaged and moving, you may wish to consider the non-slip mat material. 

Hi Eston,

Take a look at this forum thread:  Generic Bench Cookies.

Thanks, Gerry.  I totally forgot that thread. 

 

 

There's an article in this months issue of Woodsmith magazine, Vol. 33 / No. 193, that shows how to make your own bench cookies/

I could have sworn i replied to this earlier.

I use scrap wood - which tends to be in abundance in my fortress of solitude and hunks of that grab-it stuff my bride places in the cabinets to keep the glasses/cups/plates from sliding around. There's usual left-overs and I stake my claim to them.

My neighbor is an IT geek and he glues mouse pads (upside down) to chunks of my scrap wood) for these same things.

I use old mouse pads from my office in the shop all of the time.  I hadn't thought of gluing them to wood to use as bench cookies, though.

Cheers...

Posted By ggantt on 01-27-2011 09:54 AM

I use old mouse pads from my office in the shop all of the time.  I hadn't thought of gluing them to wood to use as bench cookies, though.

Cheers...

Well young lady - just peel the top skin off 'em first.  The 'top skin' being what ever design is on the top (Tigger, Coast Guard, fish...whatever) that yer hand-held rat runs over.

All you'll be needing is the rubbery foam stuff under that.

Craig,

Why would you need to tear off the fabric? That is the side which would be glued to a scrap of wood, right?

Bompa, I assumed  that you tore it off before gluing because it would be likely to peal or tear off during use.  Craig, is that what you meant? 

Cheers...

Leeanne (and Craig),

Yes, I have had mouse pads where the fabric started to curl off at the rounded corners before I discarded them. But the one we are using now must date back to the early nineties and doesn't show a sign of frazzling. If the fabric is well stuck on, I'd glue to it as the fabric would be much more compatible with most glues.

Posted By ggantt on 01-27-2011 11:49 AM
Bompa, I assumed  that you tore it off before gluing because it would be likely to peal or tear off during use.  Craig, is that what you meant? 

Cheers...

Yep.

In the new Rockler catalogue that came this week, they now have the little pointed thingy's that sit atop of the bench cookies for painting and such.  It's called a Bench Cookie Cone.  http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?...7&pn=40607

If you make your own cookies, why not put in a screw that you can run it or out to do the same task?

Good Thought Swamp Gator.

IMHO, Rockler is always looking for little strange things to sell and make a thousand percent profit on.

Some of them are good and some of them are just..... well just strange.

I bought their fence clamps because I had a sacrificial fence attached to my metal fence with long 1/4-20 screws. Now those clamps are an item that cost them maybe a buck to make and they sell them for what? $17.99
They are good, but I waited till they were on sale.

Dewey:
You did post before and it is in the "MEMBERS ONLY" for some reason, as mine is also. I'm not sure why unless the poster maybe made two seperate posts????

Thanks Barry, I hate when that happens. LOL!