What did you cut on your Shapeoko/ Nomad today?

Over a year ago I had an idea to make Vacuum Slats for the S5 Pro:

And they took some time to get right but I finally have the finished system installed on my S5 Pro:

Each slat has its own ball valve so I can shut them off individually. Four of them then feed into a manifold that goes under my enclosure where the DIY vacuum system is:

The vacuum is one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JZF8QHA

with one of these gaskets:

There is room inside the vacuum enclosure for a second vacuum motor and I have already ordered one. The one motor is enough to keep a flat sheet of plywood from moving around however a slightly warped one will peal up from it.

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