I watched YouTube video recently where the guy had a series of holes cut in his spoilboard and was using short pieces of PVC pipe to form edges for holding his work material (cutting boards, in this case). Thinking of doing something similar and wonder if anyone here as already gone down that road?
This short clip shows the layout I’m talking about - I like the idea of the PVC pipe, as it’s much softer than a screw or some other metal hold-down that could wreck your mills.
I did this with one of my other CNC machines. Used 1/2" PVC though and works great. Same concept you are doing. Use wedges to push in. We must have been watching the same “cutting board” YT vids!!