part holding

The hardest part about cnc is not the electronics, the servos, the
ballscrews. The hardest part is holding down the friggen part! I
just ruined yet another brand new 1/2" made-in-usa endmill when my
program had a rapid that went .010 too close to a holddown clamp at
120IPM. Doh! I wouldn't have had things so close to the clamps if
it were not for the fact that I wanted to machine everything at once
without remounting the part. How do you guys hold down a part when
you want to machine 5 surfaces on it? Vacuum table? Glue? :-)

Good thing Enco still has that free shipping going on...sigh