# Local Practices and Things to Share **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 26, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945 "2025-03-26T08:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/andyp/32/1106_2.png) [@AndyP](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/1 "2025-03-26T08:16:46Z")
When watching CNC YT videos I often keep an eye out for tips and tricks that I might use outside of the instruction being presented. I don’t do YT videos so I thought I’d share this, which is possibly not very original but here you go. I use blue tape, CA glue and fixer a lot for my work holding. For a long time I would apply the glue with a piece of scrap and then constantly curse when it either drops on the floor, welds itself to the bench or I pick up the wrong end. I now put a bit of blue tape on my finger and use that to smear the glue evenly over the stock and dispose of it before fixing. Happy days. For me, this is a real quality of life hack😀. ![20250325_125015](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/0/5/055551c6daa4e2fb9cb8a3f93a58cbf4730b296d.jpeg) Anybody else have some tips and tricks they would like to share? ---
**Author:** ![robcnc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@robcnc](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/robcnc)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/2 "2025-03-26T13:34:43Z")
Rather than deal with CA glue, I’ve been using this double-sided tape. I get it in both 1" and 2" widths, and I’ve had good luck with it. Comes off cleanly and holds well. > **[Amazon.com: i frmmy Removable Clear Double Sided Sticky Tape - No Residue, 0.7...](https://www.amazon.com/Removable-Clear-Double-Sided-Sticky/dp/B07L6VWY63?tag=benmyers-20)** > > Buy i frmmy Removable Clear Double Sided Sticky Tape - No Residue, 0.7 Inches x 13 Yards (3 Rolls): Transparent Tape - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases ---
**Author:** ![umbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6f9a4e/32.png) [@umbert](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/umbert)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/3 "2025-03-26T17:56:11Z")
I use CA glue and tape holding method almost every day. I don’t bother smearing the glue, just do “sine wave” pattern along the tape on the spoilboard + spray the accelerator on the piece I’m going to work on. Double side tape, never worked for me. I almost always had my stock move a little. Tried few kinds off. + the stronger the double side tape, the tougher it is to peal off later 🙂 Ocasionally I use my small vacuum pods. ---
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/andyp/32/1106_2.png) [@AndyP](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/4 "2025-03-27T06:11:56Z")
The sinewave is a good one. However, I couldn’t use it to mill thin aluminium or brass ( say 3 mm or less) as the slight variance in the height of the glue application was proportionally too great. I also found that rubbing the blue tape hard onto the work surface and stock with the back of a pair of scissor handles was necessary when milling out small cutouts or making small “coins” with a contour pass to stop the piece being cut out flying out or worse jarring with the bit on it’s way out. ---
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/andyp/32/1106_2.png) [@AndyP](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/5 "2025-03-27T06:15:38Z")
I’ll give the brand a go. My early attempts with doubleside tape were unsuccessful; it would fold back and wrinkle, small work pieces would wobble, bit gumming… ---
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/andyp/32/1106_2.png) [@AndyP](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/6 "2025-03-27T06:35:25Z")
Here’s another hack I found effective for keeping most of the dust and chips off the threads on the Y rails. I always had a fancy for putting guards along inside the length Y rails like I see on some machines. However I couldn’t work out how to attach the 6 mm plywood (my material to hand) without issue and I didn’t have a length long enough but I did have a 10inch strip in my scrap bin. So I attached that to the Xrail block using blue tape and CA glue 😀 and it works a treat, better than expectation and hasn’t fallen off after more than a year of use. ![20250327_062301](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/a/4/a40541def130e4202194cd17a0cfcaf5ea47b68c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AndyP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/andyp/32/1106_2.png) [@AndyP](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AndyP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/7 "2025-03-27T06:46:00Z")
I have also been using these things for about 3 years. They’re brilliant for keeping dust out of your ball screws. ![20250327_062337](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/8/9/89facd4c5c5e30d23d451f2f3e97656e3df1fd23.jpeg) 3d printed using a flexible PLA. Using a design from this thread. [Ball Nuts to you but what about me? - #10 by Tuvix72](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ball-nuts-to-you-but-what-about-me/10392/10)? ---
**Author:** ![umbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6f9a4e/32.png) [@umbert](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/umbert)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/local-practices-and-things-to-share/31945/8 "2025-03-27T12:52:23Z")
> [@AndyP](#): > > these things Have those as well! highly recommend to any 1F user! Bought them on Etsy, though…