securing stacks

[Clayton717]

When stack cutting how do you hold your stacks together? Brad nails, tape,hot glue. I use to use brad nails in the corners but it was always a pain to get the apart without breaking. Then I read on another forum about hot gluing. I tried this and to my surprise it really does work. So how do you do it?

[AirNationalGuardMom]

I usually use double faced tape to hold my stack together.

Linda

[Travis]

I'm not much of a stack cutter. Mostly because I don't want more than one copy of anything I cut. But when I do stack cut, I use the brad-in-the-corner technique. I always put it into the waste area so the nail gets cut out. I have a prybar that is very flat and I use it like an anvil. I put that under the stack and give the nail a good whack. The nail will bend on the top and flair out the point on the bottom. Then I put a piece of painter's tape over the flaired out tip so it doesn't scratch my saw table. Sometimes I'll clip off the nail top so it doesn't get in the way.

 

I've never stack cut portrait style patterns, though. I've used taped edges with pretty good success though. I've seen the gluegun technique. It looks like it would work pretty good if you get all 4 edges.

[Christina]

I like to stack cut if I'm cutting a set of ornaments, etc... for a gift. When I do it I've only ever used the hot glue method.....that's what I had handy lol.

Christina

[indiana_jones]

i use the blue masking tape, and i have never tryed any other way. but i like the tape and it works for me. good question

[realfEZ]

Good topic Clayton.

So far I've found that using nails on corners or on scrap-to-be areas quiet simple.

fEZ.