Jodi,
I'm probably the least knowledgeable person on the forum on vac hold downs, and Know i know nothing on indexers
But, Have you considered a combo of various sized vacuum pucks you can make on the Max, and maybe even a larger vac jig with a grid and gasket setup(you choose how big the area you want, and can use a small cfm/high vac pump), that can be indexed with threaded inserts and taken on and off as needed?
The reason I asked size of projects smaller than 4X4" was that seems the size where problems start to show up from reading for wood.
Exotics was because nobody wants to throw small scraps away, and want to make small things out of them
The harder woods do make excellent 3D's and small 3D's means you don't have multi hours(days) tied up with one project.
You can always buy the indexer later, you'll find plenty to do in VCarve and 3D's for a while, and then if you haven't been using all 36"X, maybe mount it on the X,36 end?
Enough for now...Hope some Max'ers start chiming in.
Robert R. visited a couple months ago, and he downsized to a Max, and made a vac hold down thread that I'll look for. He does wonderful work in aluminum, and now a little MDF.
There's another Max'er that made a spoilboard similar to mine, but with only threaded inserts on a grid for fences and cam clamps for hold down, and maybe he'll chime in.
Too bad there isn't a one size fits all hold down system, but as Brady said to me "That's Unobtainium" http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/sho...esktop+jigging
scott
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