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#1 · (Edited)
Guys , I seen a guy on YouTube trying to make a small inlay , and his bit would catch it as it finished the cut , wrecking it .
I believe you can tell the software to leave very small areas connected at the bottom of the cut to keep it in place . At least I think ? Can't see that helping much if it's a very thin inlay though .

Anyways , I had an idea . Instead of going to all the hassle of making the entire spoil board a vacuum table , just choose a small area of the spoil board and dedicate that to holding down really small parts .
Say you put a bunch of small perforations in a 6" x 6" area, and made a shroud underneath to go to your DC or shop vac , would that not work ?
 
#3 ·
Rick for small items is is best to use tabs to hold the parts when cut out. For medium size items you can use small vacuum fixtures to hold them and for large scale you can use a vacuum table that draws it's vacuum through a sheet of MDF and unused areas can be blocked off with sheet goods.

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