Mark Hepburn
Artist & Chef
I was wanting to make some jam chucks like those I saw in a class I took last month and gave it a try. David Ellsworth uses shelf liner and contact cement to adhere to the face of his chucks, but I had less than great results with that (as shown in the first photo).
So I bought a can of Plasti-Dip at Lowes and gave it a try. It works really well. I mask of the outside and then just spray about 5 coats over a day or so onto the chuck. So far the results have been very good: no transfer to the work piece, and it has pretty good gripping quality. Also, it has the benefit of providing a seal for vacuum chucking.
This may be old news but it's new to me, so in case anyone is interested...
So I bought a can of Plasti-Dip at Lowes and gave it a try. It works really well. I mask of the outside and then just spray about 5 coats over a day or so onto the chuck. So far the results have been very good: no transfer to the work piece, and it has pretty good gripping quality. Also, it has the benefit of providing a seal for vacuum chucking.
This may be old news but it's new to me, so in case anyone is interested...