Finally used my vacuum table to cut the balsa parts for my current RC glider project. 1mm downcut, 1250 mm/min, 30krpm. Vacuum generated by side channel blower. Great fun - no need for holding tabs! Using a compressed wood thermal isolation board as a sacrifice board and to distribute the suction.
…glider is not my own design, but digitized from a magazine plan.
Stefan
Nice work!
Those parts have a pretty small surface area, I would not have guessed the vacuum would have enough to hold on to. Having no tabs to deal with must be real nice!
I love this. I miss the kit days. All of the old manufacturers are gone Goldber/Lanier/Sig/GWS/Dalton/Carden
The ARF’s have really taken the soul out of the hobby.
That looks familiar.
I’ll be starting one soon too.
That’s great! I did a search but a very large variety of boards came back. Can you share details of what you used?
I bought the board in Canada. It was a full sheet and I cut it up, stuffed it into my suitcase and took it to Germany. Here it seems I can only order a huge palette for delivery - still searching for a local source of single ‘Holzfaserdämmplatte’.
I’ll try to find/remember the exact english name of the stuff. It comes in various thicknesses, is very airy and lightweight - much more airy and lighter than MDF. Mine is appx 12 mm thick. Here is a picture:
In the US, wood fiber insulation is starting to be used more in green construction.
An example:
I never thought of using this material for a vacuum table. Interesting application for it.
Ok, funny. Searching the Rona catalog on my phone doesn’t find the board - had to check on a PC.
Here is a picture of the product page:
Even Hornbach has them in 8 to 18mm in 2mm steps.
They sound a lot better for a vacuum table than MDF! Great idea.
…seems like you can order them into the market. Wonder if they’d do this for a single plate.
They usually do.
