Chip carving pattern adhesive?

[toycarver]

I know this is a basic question, I'm asking anyway..

Does spray adhesive work as well as rubber cement, or is one better to use than the other, to apply the chip carving pattern?

[papasar]

Kris,
Was taught to use RC and I only use RC so I can't help you with comparison. RC applies easy and comes off with a little rubbing and doesn't affect the wood. I carve on a bigger piece of wood and then saw the outline.(easier to hold) If I wait to long after carving, the glue dries and the pattern starts to lift.
Bill K.

[toycarver]

Bill, Thanks for your input.

[Blue Danube]

Fwiw, I use the 3M spray adhesive, the removable version, paper template, and cover layer of packing tape. I also beeswax the blade.

It comes off fairly easily, and a wipe with mineral spirits normally removes the residue and cutting dust from wood.

[toycarver]

Blue D, are you saying you put the packing tape over the area you are cutting with a power saw ..and leave the part you chip carve with just paper?

[mpounders]

or.....are you covering the whole design with packing tape? possibly to make it easier to remove? I am really interested in this thread, since I am considering trying some chip carving again. But transferring a complex pattern with graphite paper is a pretty cumbersome process and I have had no success with heat-transfer of laser printed designs. I had never considered gluing the pattern on and then cutting through it!

[Robert Cahill]

I am not a chip carver but I have the book Chip Carving by Barry McKenzie and on page 33 illustration 5 he said to put the pattern on with rubber cement. This is for a snowflake ornament.

[Robson Valley]

Some wood block printers use a rice flour paste to stick patterns on the blocks. Tried it, not acceptable.
I can buy fresh, new carbon paper 8.5" x 11" in office supply stores (Staples). Can't see a reason to ever do transfers in any other way.

[Steve Reed]

Just draw your pattern on the wood. . .

[Ian Duncan]

If printing a design you can use adhesive ink jet printer paper little pricy but works well. alsop for carbon paper i got some from an art supply store that did not smudge on the wood. it seemed "waxer" then normal carbon paper.