Re: Router - Cutting Thin Sheet Clamping??

One final thought:
Thumbing through the Mcmaster-Carr book I noticed a rigid
polyurethane filter material-- not terribly expensive. You may want
to have a look at their site--it's www.mcmaster.com-- if your still
pursuing the vacuum table idea.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "tsomer2003"
<tsomer2003@y...> wrote:

> Why not put the part before the horse?
> Do you have a bandsaw or tablesaw?
> Mill your parts on 4/4 stock and resaw them to the desired

thickness.

> This would work for the wooden parts, the chloroplast could be
> temporarily glued or screwed. Nothing that I know of will glue to
> chloroplast.
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Dale Emery <dbemery@c...>
> wrote:
> > You might look into some kind of perf sheet - Small Parts Inc.
> > (http://www.smallparts.com) sells perforated aluminum, for

example,

> and
> > then mask all around those holes that get used. Iow, mask

similar

> to
> > how they do it in vacuum-forming, where the vacuum table is

masked

> > entirely except where the suction draws on the plastic.
> >
> > Another suggestion - glue the balsa sheet down, with brush-

applied,

> > water-soluable wood glue, like thinned Elmer's. Glue onto
> sacrificial
> > plastic sheet, and remove by soaking it all in water - the balsa
> parts
> > should recover after drying. It also may work to glue using some
> kind
> > of rubber cement, or 3M spray adhesive, and separate the parts

with

> > solvent - which would dry even faster.
> > -----------------------------------------
> > cnc002@a... wrote:
> >
> > >In a message dated 2/6/2004 11:00:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > >eexgs@n... writes:
> > >Oh, I have seem some companies that sell special rubbery sheet
> with
> > >lots of holes that I think only open when the part is pressed
> down.
> > >The material can be cut into. I expect it is not cheap.
> > >(snip)
> > >
> > >