I'm just finishing up a replacement vacuum manifold (photos coming soon) and wanted to add a bank of vacuum gauges, one for each zone. I know, seems like overkill, but we've lost sheets of material because the operator forgot to open the rest of the zones when changing from a partial sheet back to full sheets. A quick glance at a bank of gauges should clue the operator in as to whether or not all the zones are open.
Any reason why I cant use a fitting and some tubing to locate the gauges in a convenient place? It would only be 3 or 4 feet at most. I have some stiff 3/8" ID tubing - seems like a simple elbow into the bottom of the table and another fitting into the back of the gauge would be all it would take.
Seems so simple I'm embarrassed to ask about it, but it's not something I've tried before, so before I rout 8 holes through my table - yes or no?