Testing the Wonder Tape, an alternative vinyl tape compatible with the Shaper Origin

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This is a video where I show detailed tests of a new tape for the Shaper Origin, called WonderTape. The WonderTape is made out of vinyl and is an alternative to the original ShaperTape sold by Shaper Tools. This video shows how this tape performs.
If you would like to buy WonderTape:
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- Rest of the world: creatoriq.cc/4aq1efT
0:00 Intro
2:54 Application
4:22 Scanning
4:38 Cutting
5:19 Destruction
6:10 Reusage
11:17 Pricing
12:32 Conclusions
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@JosephWerle-je4ww 3 ай бұрын

Thank You. As usual, you have given us a well done and reliable review.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Most welcome, pumped if this was helpful :D

@Wyman642 3 ай бұрын

Excellent analysis, Javier. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting and figuring out what matters with this type and why.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Thanks and most welcome 👊🏼

@HHWS 3 ай бұрын

Another great video my friend! 😁

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Henry :D Do you have any need for reusable tape?

@HHWS 3 ай бұрын

Hey Javier, right now not really. I’ve started to use the Shaper plater right now, and only use the tape for larger inlays or marking my larger pieces with my logo. 😁

@LordShad0w.162 3 ай бұрын

tHANK YOU FOR SHARING THE RESOURCES YOU COME ACROSS WITH THE COMMUNITY! :) oops caps, my bad!

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Haha... most welcome, glad if it was helpful :D

@reecemartin6516 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for another good video. I had not seen this tape, I'll have to try it. My experience has been with larger pieces and multiple passes where I am moving the SO over the tape on each pass. The sawdust and just friction from the tool base will scratch and tear the paper tape and make it unreadable to the machine. I have had to add more tape and rescan on occasion to finish a project. I'm hoping this tape will be better in these situations.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Most welcome and thanks for your kind words. I totally expect this tape to be way more scratch resistant, but I should have tested that…

@comfortablynumb1934 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Saw this online but did not buy it. Also did not realize Shaper Tape gets old. Reusable tape in specific situations has functionality. I'm not sure how happy I'd be trying to store multiple longer pieces of this.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Most welcome. This is how I store it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns93hJCLlae2m6M.html, in plastic portfolios, that works really well. Or you can stick it to a laminated sheet. I am doing this already for paper tape, so will continue doing it with this one.

@JoseanCarriNui 2 ай бұрын

FANTÁSTICO!!! VERY NICE VÍDEO…. GRACIAS

@Woodensoul 2 ай бұрын

Most welcome 👊🏼

@TdotRob 3 ай бұрын

The main advantage is the reuse? I was expecting the main advantage to be that the vinyl tape doesn't delaminate. Seems like the waste of tape that is unusable due to delamination would overcome the cost differential. Especially so when buying multiple rolls that all come from the same batch. The "answer" for delamination includes lots of user vigilance about the temperature of the tape and pulling it off the roll straight vs at an angle, etc. Getting free of all the required user vigilance alone is arguably worth the cost differential. For me, anyway. YMMV. Thanks for alerting us to the new product and the thorough review!

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Delamination!! That was the word I didn't know. I had multiple (many!) cases of delamination with the paper ShaperTape, and that was what I was referencing to at the end, with the expiry date. That problem always cost me nerves, time and money. That won't be the case with this tape, so you are right, that is an additional advantage. I just think that the reuse will save more money than the delamination, but in sum its even better...

@donalddparker 3 ай бұрын

Just ordered. If this doesn't delaminate then the extra $0.03 is totally worth it!

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Have fun 🤩

@stew1tx 3 ай бұрын

So some tips, use a piece of tape or vinyl scrap and attach adhesive side on backer and it pulls right apart. Another pro tip peel just maybe half an inch of backing fold it back over then attach just the end and use the roll in your other hand and spool it out which creates a straight line, then cut if you don’t want to fumble with it, and hold the end and grab the tag end of the backer and pull back as you activate adhesive and press down.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Wow, these are really nice tips, especially for how to prevent the fiddly fumbling, thanks for sharing!

@AlexK07010 3 ай бұрын

@@Woodensoul need a video on the tips :)

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Good idea 😆

@bobhinden7813 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I am somewhat skeptical about the reuse property. How am I supposed to store it between projects? I doubt it can be rolled up. If it was a lot cheaper than the Shaper tape it would be worth it, but not at a premium over the Shaper tape.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

This is how I store it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns93hJCLlae2m6M.html, in plastic portfolios, that works really well. Or you can stick it to a laminated sheet. I am doing this already for paper tape, so will continue doing it with this one.

@smnhpkns 3 ай бұрын

Just went to order a roll to ship to the UK $144.60 😮😮😮 That was following your link. Great idea, but not worth that much

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

I am working with them on a solution that will likely involve me buying a larger quantity to lower the shipping costs for people in Europe. Will keep you posted

@smnhpkns 3 ай бұрын

@@Woodensoul That’s gr8 news, thanks for the update

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Here you can pre-order the tape with cheaper shipping: creatoriq.cc/4aq1efT

@JakMang 3 ай бұрын

Do know how clear packing works over it? If you could peel packing tape off the vinyl you could leave the backing on and reuse it forever

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

I have used packaging tape in the past and it works well (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ns93hJCLlae2m6M.html), but how would you find this useful in this context?

@JakMang 3 ай бұрын

If the packing tape would come off of the vinyl surface, leave the adhesive backing on the vinyl tape and just place the tape with packaging tape over it multiple times

@stew1tx 3 ай бұрын

Something I’ll be doing is you can get various levels of adhesive. They used cheap vinyl

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

What will you be doing?

@stew1tx 3 ай бұрын

Printing some on various adhesive level vinyls. So a low tack, mid tack and high tack for things that don’t like to be stuck to :)

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

@@stew1tx Sounds like fun!

@doclees11 3 ай бұрын

This was good info. I don't have a Shaper yet. Squirreling away money so the wife doesn't know the actual cost because, as you know, then you need to buy the wife something of equal or greater value.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

You seem to be a very very wise man my friend! I 100% agree with you and wish you successful quirreling :D

@williambranham6249 8 күн бұрын

A nice vacuum perhaps.

@stew1tx 3 ай бұрын

Btw it has induced tension as you stretch it and it tries to go back in original shape. Another pro tip, get a torch and just quickly run it over it and both will go back to original shape

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

I didn't experience that tension, weird, it worked like a charm...

@stew1tx 3 ай бұрын

Damn it someone beat me to it

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Haha...

@pctatc66 3 ай бұрын

cool product, but there is too much meat on the bone for the seller and not enough for the buyer. If it were $20 I would consider it, but at $30? I'm not sure its really worth it. The reusability factor is cool but honestly, I cut through much of my tape so Im not sure how much of it could actually be reused.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, the vinyl costs are rather high, so it's a low margin product. But as mentioned in the video, if you destroy most of your tape, then that product is not for you...

@JamesSlatterySEO 3 ай бұрын

huh? people cut thru the tape... so how u using plastic ?!?

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Did you watch the video?

@maxime1008 3 ай бұрын

It's nice but they charge between 40$ and 176$ for shipping (to Europe) ... 😞

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

I know. I was thinking if I should import a box and resell them to safe people the shipping costs…

@lizzard777 3 ай бұрын

@@WoodensoulI would be in for that!

@maxime1008 3 ай бұрын

@@Woodensoul Approved 🙂

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

@@lizzard777 I will try to work something out...

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

@@maxime1008 SG, will try to work something out

@john_northrup 3 ай бұрын

I think this is a really neat idea, my concern would be that Shaper is owned by Tooltechnic Systems who also own Festool and SawStop. They have repeatedly shown that they will maintain their market dominance by enforcing through legal means their patents that they hold. It would seem that WonderTape is treading in that grey area so I hope they have consulted a lawyer before getting too deep into production and distribution.

@Woodensoul 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I have no idea. But the ShaperTape PDF generator is online for years…