What do you use to hold things down?

[Keith Upton]

Is there a disadvantage to double side taping a sheet of .020 sheet steel to the aluminum table bed and using name tag magnets to hold the material down? $10-20 in materials.

The problem is when vector cutting and splash back on the bottom side. If I'm just engraving, a magnet to the normal table would work.

[Mark Sipes]

Oh I find a sheet or two of news paper (damp with water spray) takes care of any residue from plastic and if you are doing 100's of tags it is a pre-cut separator for shipping.

[James Rambo]

I have some 1/8 inch thick lead sheet. I have cut them into various sizes that can be placed where they are not in engraved areas.
I know of the "danger" of the lead but I limit how much I touch them. Also, today yo can get a lead substitute that will work well.
Why not use some small pieces of steel correctly placed to hold down the ply?