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Forum: 10. Base Table Sun 20 January 2008, 22:15
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To get a feeling on porosity; if you use a big...

To get a feeling on porosity; if you use a big suction cup to lift a sheet of MDF from a stack of sheets, you are going to lift more than one sheet at a time. The guys who have tried it found about 4...
Forum: 10. Base Table Sun 20 January 2008, 08:41
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Posted By Gerald D
Be careful here, the typical MDF board is rather...

Be careful here, the typical MDF board is rather porous, it leaks like a sieve. It doesn't matter whether you cut through or not, you have to have a High Volume vacuum system to hold porous material....
Forum: 10. Base Table Sun 13 January 2008, 06:51
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Posted By Gerald D
That vacuum can use as much power as everything...

That vacuum can use as much power as everything else put together. The really serious production people are not shy of talking 20HP just on vacuum - I cringe and think of global warming.
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