Every workbench needs a vise—or at least they did, until the advent of vacuum clamping. After seeing Guido Einemann's homegrown table at Holz-Handwerk, we spotted a multitude of more big-dog versions made by Barth Maschinenbau, a Bavarian engineering company whose goal is "to optimize the work processes in both craft and industrial businesses" for furniture- and cabinet-making. Barth's vacuum-based workstations drew a steady stream of visitors to their booth, and while the demos were all given in German, anyone who builds furniture or works with wood could easily follow along and see the amazing amount of utility in them for routing, sanding, finishing, edge-banding, et cetera. Their Vakuucar Plus model in particular looks like a good get: In addition to all the functionality offered by the others, with a couple of handy accessories it turns into an extremely useful shop cart for hauling goods or providing outfeed support. Have a look, and you don't need to sprechen sie Deutsche to grok:
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