Question on Wagner Safe-T-Planer

[Ron Daves]

I've planed my lumber on a drill press auxiliary table by sliding it, with hand pressure, under the Wagner tool. The problem I've had with this procedure is that sometimes my lumber flexes and gets planed too thinly at the very end.

I'm thinking of making a sled of Baltic Birch or melamine and affixing the lumber by one of two ways before sledding it under the Wagner tool:
1.) One-inch squares of double sided carpet tape mounted at each end and in the middle of each piece or:
2.) Using glue and one-inch square Patches of craft paper sandwiched between the lumber and the sled.

I tried the latter sandwich on a test piece and was able to get the lumber scrap loose pretty easily. I had to do a bit of sanding to remove the glue residue.

I'm wondering if there are any other excitingly clever ways to hold the lumber down when using the Wagner tool?

[Keith Howell]

Use masking tape and CA glue like this:

One strip on the work piece and a corresponding strip on the sled. Run some CA onto the tape and press together.

Removes easily and the CA doesn't get onto the wood and stain it (maple and spruce in my experience being the worst)

[David King]

I suspect having a longer table surface on your drill press would help you at the ends
Make a vacuum sled with HDPE plastic or similar. You need a good sized pump if you get any leakage around the edges.
I don't like using tapes because the wood ends up thinner over the tape. The thinnest transfer tape I've found is .0025"
Elmers glue works to tack down the corners and it can easily be popped up with a hot-knife and a few drops of water.
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-1 ... 1-x-60-yds It says it's a 2 mil tape but I think it's closer to 6 mils. You don't use very much, 1/8" x 1" per corner is plenty. VHB is very high bond and they mean it.