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Author:  Colin S [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:26 am ]
Post subject:  Festool Vacuum Clamp system
I haven't seen it mentioned here, but is the new Festool Vacuum Clamp system available in the US? It's a bit more expensive than a few cam clamps and fibreglass rods so I think I'll have to pass!

See it here: Festool Vaccum clamp

Colin

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Author:  SniderMike [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Festool Vacuum Clamp system
Colin, I haven't seen it available over here. That's ridiculously expensive, just like all their other stuff. Not that some of it isn't great stuff, but a lot of it just isn't worth it.
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Festool Vacuum Clamp system
Holy Cow! wow7-eyes

Talk about paying for a name.
Author:  Hesh [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Festool Vacuum Clamp system
Seems that Festool is intern becoming the vacuum people.....
Author:  Bob Garrish [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Festool Vacuum Clamp system
I think they're going for that 'doesn't know how it works and thinks you get what you pay for' crowd. Vacuum clamps and pumps are dirt-simple, commodity hardware.
Author:  ChuckG [ Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Festool Vacuum Clamp system
For anyone interested in adding vacuum to their shop, Charles Fox wrote a great article in issue #88 of the GAL publication on the subject. I took his class earlier this year and came home and duplicated his methods for under $200 - pump and all. I can firmly hold a guitar body vertically for working on the sides or horizontally for working on the top or back and any additional fixtures are easy to make when the need arises.

Chuck
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