"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
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But that's not the place to be pushing down and it would actually lead
to a short taper, not snipe...

If the board is short and you are pushing down hard enough, you will get
"snipe". The board can easily tip up at the leading edge and down at the
trailing edge as the trailing edge is no linger supported by the in feed
table.
And again, this is if you are incorrectly applying pressure to the rear of
the board as it finishes passing the cutters as inferred by my first
statement.