Hi all,

I have been using screws to hold down my sheet material rather than vacuum, this works work but it is time consuming.

My router has a matrix table 5 by 10 foot and its all ready for a vacuum pump.

Has anyone had any experience installing a vacuum pump, I have heard they are difficult to get working well.

I am open to ideas other than the conventional vacuum pumps. I have seen people using milk parlor pumps and I have a slurry tanker on the farm which has a large rotary vane pump which is very similer to a cnc rotary vacuum pump. The problem with slurry pumps is they heat up fast and can only run for 5 mins at a time.