Pegasus Guitars
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I posted this on a guitar building forum, but thought there might be some experience here too. Just wondering whether to continue vacuum bridge clamping. When I vacuum clamp veneers in a large bag, my vacuum system quickly evacuates the air and shuts off. It will stayed sealed for at least a half hour or longer before the vacuum pump starts up again. When I vacuum bridges my pump never shuts off. It hovers around 22-23# of vacuum. The noise is annoying and I'm not sure the clamping results are any better than just using regular clamps. I've never really had any trouble with bridges coming off using my regular clamps, but the vacuum set-up is a little less dangerous. No clamps to fall over on the top or come loose. Just wondering if others are able to get the vacuum pressure high enough for their pump to cycle qnd shut down. I definitely have more line connections on my bridge clamping system, but have not been able to find obvious leaks. Thanks, Bob
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