Building a vacuum hold-down fixture for wood. I got it to work after some experimentation. There's a couple little tricks to get it to clamp. These techniques will also be used for machining CNC parts.
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16 thoughts on “Vacuum clamp for router-ing prototype test”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Murphy says:

    TIP: Through a sheet of newspaper on the vacuum jig whenever an uneven surface of wood or otherwise is needed to be held down with the vacuum jig. The newsprint sheet will fill in the gaps between the vacuum jig and the material to be held down.
    Best – Michael

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bill shiff says:

    The fun begins when that saw dust starts to ROT in the coolant and stink like a munky.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffrey Lynds says:

    Guess he forgot about a chisel huh

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars FN45Tactical suppressed says:

    Wood is great for high success rates. Hand rails easy with wood. Boxes easy with wood, framing a house easy with wood. Try making your own steel wall studs out of sheets. Thatโ€™s going to not work out consistently

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Watson says:

    left youtube running after going out for something.. half an hour came back to this treat

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars A.F. 14 says:

    Me thinks you should invest in a Planerโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Meaney says:

    Nice dynastars! How long since uncle bumblefuck had a good yard sale?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Amos Backstrom says:

    A pressure sensitive E-stop device that fits between your buttocks. Exactly what I need learning to operate crane

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Silver Strings says:

    Maybe a nice big thicker gasket, but I dunno. Always have big thick gaskets what for to keep the air out on our hard suction hose down here in the middle of the riverlands. Either way, you seemed to have made it work! As the old addage goes, if it don't fit, grease it up and force it, right? Something like that, anyway

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Bond says:

    Yer a vacuum clamp

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Aaron Myers says:

    Flexin with double kunt vises

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars R3LL1K says:

    it doesnt weld for shit lmfao

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 666 says:

    Fondling wood = widdleing

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars someusername121 says:

    More likely than not he was struggling to get vacuum because the gasket was too firm. You want some ultra soft hollow silicone shit so it conforms proper.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars hawkdaddy64 says:

    Tree carcass welds just fine, you just have to saturate it with JP8 fuel. Please retract your comment as some of us know how to weld fine woods. Signed – The Chemically Burned Welder.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Will Dowe says:

    Heck, what a sucker

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