I finally got the one photo of the mesquite board open. That is very
impressive.

SteveP.

"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:29:09 -0500, "Leon"
wrote:

Holy crap!!!
I guess I skimmed over the board dimensions.. 5" piece of 1x6", BFD...
Then, I looked at the picture and saw about 4 1/2 FEET of board hanging
over..
Pretty damn impressive..

Question.. Do you have to use a compressor, or could it be reversed or
re-worked
to use a vacuum pump?

I bought the Vacuum Clamp from Woodcraft this afternoon and to add to
what
Robatoy has mentioned, the clamps do work well on porous Oak. To check
the
holding power I set the vacuum clamp, which is about 5.5" square, on my TS
top and turned the clamp on. Then I placed a 2' x 4' piece of 1/2" Baltic
Birch up on the clamp except I sat the panel on the clamp on the corner of
the plywood panel. All but the corner of the panel was hanging ff the
edge
of the TS top. Pretty impressive.

Next I set the clamp on a steel top work bench, turned it on, sat a 5'
long
piece of 1x6 Mesquite on the clamp and again at the very end of the board.
I grabbed the opposite end of the board and moved it up and down. The
steel
top of the work bench flexed but the clamp held fast.

Pictures of the last test.

http://fumpr.com/viewer.php?file=ahd...bk4xtjttsy.jpg

http://fumpr.com/viewer.php?file=c92...sg428s1n8a.jpg



mac

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