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I've got a strange problem I absolutely cannot explain.

Cutting some aluminium composite, completely non porous. Spoil board is 12mm LDF.

I cut out a letter 'T' roughly 300mm x 200mm, if I place this directly onto the spoil board with all zones open I get a decent hold down force.

However, if I take the sheet from which the T was cut (using a 6mm end mill) and lay that onto the spoil board and place the T in the cut out section I get absolutely no suction hold down what so ever.

How...

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