Securing a template for a slotted headstock

[Herman]

The times I made a slotted headstock, I put the template in place with double sided tape. But I found that it had too much slack.
Now I made a second template that is longer and that can be attached with some screws to an extended part of the headstock. And a screw close to the nut, where the wood has to be taken off. Now I was able to rout it with my laminate trimmer, without whobbles and flaws.

Don't mind the repairs on the template. Cut twice, still to short!

[John Parchem]

Nice, so the screws are always in the waste. I have had even good carpet installation double sided tape slip and ruin head stocks.

[ken cierp]

The two way tape I use to secure templates and use to hold down small blanks for machining has a thin layer of foam (modelers call it servo tape) , it will not move and in fact is a PIA to remove. An alternative that I now use for cut-outs like the slots only, is a bead of hot melt glue around the perimeter also very secure, and the good news is that a few drops of alcohol releases the HMG instantly residue free.

[Herman]

I'm so glad I am not the only one who had struggles with this issue.
Thanks boys.
Herman

[Steve Eubanks]

Are there many builders here that use the masking tape and superglue method instead of double-sided tape. The former is my go-to method for temporarily holding things down, mostly because of the difficulty of removing the ds-tape.
-- se

[Dave Bagwill]

Yep, the masking tape super glue trick is my go-to as well.

[Kevin in California]

Ah hem. Gentlemen, would you care to share the details of the masking tape and super glue method please?