A customer recently shared this impressive photo of their CNC router’s vacuum table covered in All Star CNC Tile Gasket. After machining several sheets of repetitive, nested 6″ x 6″ parts, using the Tile Gasket’s modular design to peel-and-stick the gasket directly on their MDF spoilboard, they achieved reliable vacuum hold-down for small parts, eliminating … Read more
Hold It Better, Cut It Better: Using Cover Gasket for Small-Part CNC Vacuum Workholding Holding small parts securely on a CNC router can be one of the more frustrating parts of production. As parts get smaller, there is less surface area available for vacuum, making it easier for parts—or the surrounding waste material—to shift during … Read more
A Phantom CNC customer put All Star CNC Inboard Gasket to work by creating a dedicated fixture to machine custom floor panels. The raised fixture allows each panel to be securely held in place, providing clearance to fully profile the parts without cutting into the fixture surface. With reliable vacuum hold-down, the customer can profile … Read more
MDF spoilboards are widely used on CNC routers because they provide a simple and effective surface for machining sheet materials. However, MDF is naturally porous, which means vacuum systems must continually pull air through the spoilboard while also trying to hold the workpiece securely. Tile Gasket™ from All Star CNC was developed to help shops … Read more
When a CNC router table starts losing vacuum performance, the problem is not always the pump. One of the first areas worth checking is the Grid Gasket. This small but critical component plays a major role in creating the dependable seal needed to keep vacuum pressure focused where it belongs. A Grid Gasket is designed … Read more
CNC Routers are capable of amazing things. Don’t let poor vacuum performance and inefficient work-hold limit the machine’s production. Some CNC Router operators are told that if they cannot hold their parts with their existing vacuum system, that they need to upgrade their vacuum pump. That can be a major, unexpected cost for someone trying … Read more
Reliable part hold-down is essential when CNC shops are producing the same components repeatedly. When parts move during machining, operators may be forced to add tabs, leave onion skins, slow feed rates, or perform additional recuts. Inboard Gasketing provides another approach by concentrating vacuum directly where the part is located. In All Star CNC’s experience, … Read more
Every shop we deal with is unique. There are so many different variables that can change (type of router being used, type of material being cut, type of tooling being utilized, type of elevation being based, etc.) that no two shops are ever the same. But every customer that finds us is looking to address … Read more
For those CNC Router operators that do production parts, we encourage these facilities to implement Dedicated Fixtures for improved router performance. The basic MDF spoilboard is leaky, drafty and a very ineffective way to get max vacuum to the PART, the most important thing in the whole process. A Dedicated Fixture like these are working … Read more
An Essential Starting Point For Any Vacuum Table is The Gasket Between Your Grid Table and MDF Spoilboard. “The Lip of The Freezer Door” to Focus Your Vacuum Through The Top of Your MDF Spoilboard The very first thing that is needed for CNC Router Vacuum success? Grid Gasket for the table itself. Get that … Read more
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