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Vacuum bag and breather material recommendations

Hi, I have been trying to use vacuum for big surface glue-ups; fretboard to neck, drop or carve top to body etc. But I am not sure I am completely happy with the system that I have. It feels as if it's not always hugging the slabs as well as it should (or in comparison to physical clamping). I had purchased a kit with a pump from a British small company and the pump, although it's small, seems to be working okay. But the very thin vacuum…

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Back when I vacuum bagged a headstock repair, I just grabbed this mesh off of amazon and it worked pretty well. The whole process was fairly fussy though and had me pulling on the bag here and there w…
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Pneumatic clamping

So stumbled on this video. Seems cool, I have large hands and am always cussing when using anything I have. I like the idea of pumping to apply pressure outside of the guitar. Curious if anyone used one previously?

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