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Another way of clamping stuff that it might be worth considering is a vacuum bed. Yes, you can spend a LOT of money on these pre-made, but equally a DIY one consisting of a grid of grooves in a piece of something impermeable would be easy to put together once you've got your machine up and running, for some ideas see here: https://www.cnccookbook.com/router-v...table-cnc-diy/. For better suction on small parts that will be isolated during cutting you can use bits of foam rubber strip stuffed into the grooves to direct the vacuum where it's needed and avoiding leaks. You will obviously need to shell out for a pump though.