Lay them on a piece of sandpaper (to keep them somewhat stationary) and
use a 1/4 pad sander. If that doesn't work well enough for you,
consider double faced tape to hold them down.

David

cyrille de brébisson wrote:

Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille