Hi!

Been researching alot on how to make my own vacuum pods.
Seen a bunch of videos on youtube and such, but noone really
explains it anywhere.

Got a homag optimat bof 311 machine with a automatic positioning table.

the pods we're using today is VCBL-K2 (will add pictures) which is about 300$ ~
seen people say they made them for 15$.

GreenBVC made some new ones that you can actually route into without
the pod breaking, just add a foam gasket and you're good to go again.


So there's a couple of steps, making the forms out of for example PVC etc,
what grinds my gears the most, is how the Valve for the vacuum works,
there are 3 metal strings underneath the pods, where on the middle one
you can see a hole go up, leading to a valve, so they work together somehow.


Anyone here tried this? perhaps got some information to spare?
would be greatly appriciated!

(this is for personal use)

Best regards,
Linus

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