Because MDF is not airtight. For the last vacuum table I needed to smear so much stuff on it to just be like, maybe, 70% airtight (Vacuum Table - Work in Progress, Vacuum Table for the MPCNC using Household Vaccum)… I used sealer and then wood glue watered down. Plywood will leave nothing through and I will skip all the messy parts. 
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