Originally Posted by
MARV
+1 to what petting said. Also, if you are milling hard maple, the amount of leakage as a result of porosity is minimal. Red oak, very porous/leaky. Regarding your concerns about lateral movement, try applying sticky back 120 grit abrasive paper to the red squares within the gasket boundary. Depending on the degree of leakage, what your vacuum pressure is, what kind of lateral cutting forces are present and how many square inches are within the gasketed area, you may have enough vacuum to do the job.