# Hold down suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Accessories\ **Created:** [May 3, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819 "2024-05-03T15:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ahandeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/ahandeman/32/22002_2.png) [@ahandeman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/ahandeman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/1 "2024-05-03T15:04:47Z")
Hello! I Just ordered a drag knife - mainly to cut cork or leather. Using tape as a hold down isn’t going to work, maybe on the leather. i was thinking of maybe a small vacuum base made from wood due to the knife. Thoughts on that and are there any good digital files for that table that you would recommend? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BLTcustomcraft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/bltcustomcraft/32/28362_2.png) [@BLTcustomcraft](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/BLTcustomcraft)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/2 "2024-05-04T18:11:46Z")
Have you tried blue tape and CA glue? It would seem that the blue tape would hold the material but be easily removed after being cut. I have seen many videos on YouTube with wood and other more solid materials being held quite well, but never thin materials like you are using. Seems like it should work though. ---
**Author:** ![ahandeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/ahandeman/32/22002_2.png) [@ahandeman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/ahandeman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/3 "2024-05-05T12:08:31Z")
I’ll have to give that a try. I know double sided tape doesn’t work well. Maybe painters tape will remove better. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![BLTcustomcraft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/bltcustomcraft/32/28362_2.png) [@BLTcustomcraft](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/BLTcustomcraft)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/4 "2024-05-05T20:37:42Z")
Let me know how it works. I have not had the need to do thin materials yet. I know it works on the stiffer thick materials. Also, if Blue tape does not hold well enough try Orange tape. IF it sticks too much try another color. I didn’t know the colors meant something until my son, a commercial painter, told me the different uses for different colors. Orange is more sticky than blue. ---
**Author:** ![BLTcustomcraft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/bltcustomcraft/32/28362_2.png) [@BLTcustomcraft](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/BLTcustomcraft)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/5 "2024-05-23T14:45:08Z")
Just by way of follow up… I bought some of this tape, this brand specifically on recommendation of a CNC youtuber. So far it has not let go of a project and has peeled of well after the cut. Bits do not like it if it is in the toolpath on a cut through though. I am not sure what it would do on the thinner materials you were using. [![XFasten Double-Sided Woodworking Tape, 4-Inch by 30-Yards Yellow CNC Machine Tape for Woodworking | Removable Woodworker’s Tape | Industrial Strength Double-Sided Woodturner Crafter’s Tape](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/5/2/5285211d9bbad1157c61086bc55ed7e21d130ee3.jpeg)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096MXP4G8?tag=benmyers-20)2 [ XFasten Double-Sided Woodworking Tape, 4-Inch by 30-Yards Yellow CNC Machine Tape for Woodworking | Removable Woodworker’s Tape | Industrial Strength Double-Sided Woodturner Crafter’s Tape ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096MXP4G8?tag=benmyers-20) ---
**Author:** ![ahandeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/ahandeman/32/22002_2.png) [@ahandeman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/ahandeman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/6 "2024-05-24T12:32:10Z")
i haven’t been in the shop lately - but im going to try this soon ---
**Author:** ![mcbhillman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@mcbhillman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/mcbhillman)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/hold-down-suggestions/26819/7 "2025-01-08T13:32:43Z")
Good morning. I am looking to cut leather too. What machine and accessories would you suggest for a newbie. Also did you figure our how to hole the leather down?