Double faced Tape ?

With the Linen Press done I've started on the next piece of the bedroom set, the bed frame.  I really want all these pieces to co exist so in designing each of them I tried to keep the design simple, and instead put the focus on the nature beauty of the wood to give each piece it's character and with the Cherry I bought for this project it's a pretty easy thing to do.  About the only real design element is a slight curve in the top of the headboard, and for a curve that spans this much distance I have always found the best way to approach this is with a template and a pattern bit in my router. A pretty straight forward technique, create your template then attach it with some double sided tape and with a pattern bit follow the template. But what if you don't have any double sided tape ? This was the problem I ran into and having been here before I already knew what to do, but it dawned on me that before someone showed me this situation would have left me in a bind.  So if you ever find yourself in this situation let me show you another way that was taught to me. 

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All you need is a couple of common shop items, a roll of blue painters tape and a bottle of super glue ideally the liquid type not gel. 

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First I apply tape to the mating surfaces of both the template and my material I am going to create my curve in.

Then with a few drops of super glue applied to the tape I can place my template on to the board making sure the tape on the template a lines with the tape on the board, and after holding downward pressure for a couple of second the template is now attached and ready for my router.

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One of the biggest advantages I have found with this technique is that after you have finished routing, the template comes off without much fuss and the tape peels off easy leaving no residue behind. Now I am pretty certain that if I know about this technique you probably do too, but if you don't I hope this helps you out the next time you find yourself out of double sided tape. 

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