Fabric Table Top and Battens

I received the Rhino "Self-Healing" cutting mat from SpeedPress.com last night. It was much thicker than I assumed it would be and looks to be some really high quality material. I also received a roll of double-sided carpet tape that I was hoping would do the trick to secure the mat to the fabric cutting table top. The "XFasten Double-Sided Carpet tape" ended up working better than I hoped and is completely removable if I ever need to re-position the mat some time down the road. The tape is really thin and very sticky, so it may come in handy later on when I start laying up the composite materials.

The counter top material for the big lamination table isn't due until later this week, so I think I'll spend some time tomorrow cleaning up the shop. It's quite a mess in there after running the table-saw for half a day!

I also have some tool maintenance to take care of, but after I get the table top glued down I'll be rolling out the full sized plans to begin marking out the float frames.

I left the mat overnight to flatten out from being curled up in the shipping box

Seriously Heavy duty cutting mat!
Over 4mm thick

Double sided carpet tape

Carpet tape laid out and ready to receive the cutting mat

Cutting mat installed and trimmed to size with the track saw

Ripping battens all day resulted in nearly filling this garbage can

My little guy and my daughter helping to do a quick sanding of the battens after pre-drilling

A good stack of mostly 12' (3.6m) milled battens ready for use.
I'm sure this is just the beginning of many more required...