Great example of how proper gasket solutions can increase productivity. In this #FixtureFriday image, we can see where customer used a non-porous fixture to make an air-tight clamp on his parts. By doing so, he eliminated the need for cutting parts in two passes. For the 300,000 parts he had to make, that was a lot of … Read more
If you are cutting parts of a CNC router this week, consider utilizing the benefits of All Star’s Tile Gasket material. When applied to the surface of a porous MDF spoilboard, Tile Gasket eliminates leak from the spoilboard while at the same time creating vacuum clamp on the PART. Come see this material in action … Read more
Tile Gasket Used to Make a Dedicated Fixture to Hold Parts and Waste Material. Great use of All Star CNC’s Tile Gasket by this Laguna Tools customer. Tile Gasket minimizes vacuum leak on a porous MDF spoilboard by covering the working surface area with gasket, which maximizes vacuum performance. This customer was able to essentially make a … Read more
T.G.I.M!!!! If you plan to cut parts on your CNC router this week, remember… If you are having trouble holding your parts properly somebody may tell you that you need to upgrade to a larger vacuum pump on your CNC vacuum table. That same person may tell you that if your ice cream is melting, that … Read more
A big “THANK YOU” goes out to the team at CR Onsrud, Inc. for hosting All Star CNC and Head Coach Mike Murphy in town a few months back. We were asked to collaborate on some videos together, designed to educate customers on the importance of gasket and how crucial it is in getting the maximum performance … Read more
What Can You do to Improve Your Vacuum’s Performance? You can’t turn your vacuum up to 11, but you can hold parts more securely using gasket! There are two modes of thought using gasket. First is using our Grid Gasket to seal the bottom perimeter of your porous spoilboard or dedicated fixture. This will help … Read more
Helping Made In America, one shop at a time. This Northern Nevada customer was so happy with the Laguna Tools CNC Router they had been using for all these years, that they recently added a 2nd Laguna to the shop for more capacity. As happy as they are with their machines, work-holding with vacuum can still prove … Read more
We cannot thank my customers enough who allow me into their shops and observe their Made In America operations. This customer has three Komo Machine, Inc. routers running in their facility. They have been using our gasketing solutions for over 15 years and they were excited to show us their raised Dedicated Fixtures using InBoard Gasketing (our … Read more
Why do we loose small parts on a CNC Router? Why do we leave tabs that need clean-up later? Why do we have to make two passes or more on some parts? Is it the router’s fault? Absolutely not. We know the router is capable of because it can make all of our other parts. … Read more
Thank you to Woodshop Mike (https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTp2o-qysn/) who does a great job of making how-to videos to the woodworking world. Now that he has a ShopBot CNC in his shop, vacuum clamping has become a necessary subject to address. Luckily he found us and we were able to send various gasketing products to him in order … Read more
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