Vacuum hold-down looks great, and I can definitely see it being useful as an additional workholding option. But I don’t see it replacing dog holes.
Dog holes do much more than just hold material down. With accurately machined holes and dogs, the entire table becomes a repeatable reference system. I can locate, square, and reposition material across the table with sub-millimeter repeatability, set up stops and fixtures, and return parts to known positions without re-measuring everything.
They also support operations that vacuum doesn’t really address, like track-saw alignment and squaring, physical stops, jigs, clamps, and locating oddly shaped or porous material that may not hold vacuum well.
Vacuum is excellent when you want unobstructed surface access and fast sheet or panel hold-down. Dog holes are excellent for location, alignment, squaring, fixturing, and mechanical workholding.
To me, vacuum would be a great addition to a dog-hole table—not a replacement for it.

I swear there are guys out here who will do anything it takes to avoid handling a non-powered tool.

You should make a battery adapter with type adapter plates so you could use any of the big boys batteries to power it.

Can you please fix your wobbly bench ;)

Hey Izzy, installed a similar system about a year ago, called Vacudog. I like the system because it uses my existing dog holes, sort of have the best of both worlds, dog holes and vacuum system.

I can see the perks of an MFT that can be used as a clamping jig, a vacuum table, vacuum form table, and a vacuum clamping table. I think a vacuum clamp system is best left as a single use device to keep the pump internals cleaner. A shop vac is good enough for the rest of the uses. That's my plan for a future vacuum clamping table. My version will have "Bench Dog Tools" brand plugs for the MFT top and a thin layer of silicone on the top. That way, I can control exactly where the vacuum paths are distributed. I like your system for it's adaptability. You have such well engineered devices, that I might be getting addicted to your videos, lol.

can the pump be used for veneer glue up bags?

Nice Vid Izzy, looks like your back is betterish... Good to see you mobile!

I also do a lot of baking.  One thing I do is use an apple corer, peeler, and slicer combo.  It is supposed to clamp to the edge of a kitchen counter.  The silly thing always comes loose after a couple of apples.  It fails at the worst times.  I see mounting the peeler to a block of wood and vacuuming it to my kitchen counter with one of your pods.  I can make a round pod to place under large mixing bowls. You have given me a solution for some kitchen problems that I have.

Izzy you are a genius.

4:13 DO U NEED TWEEZERS TO GET THE FILTERS OUT

I think it would be great to make a round puck with a handle that has a tube coming out the top to use as a push block/mini grabo

Lol, obligatory three strokes of satisfying planing.

Thanks Izzy, I can see so many applications for my small garage/shop especially with winter coming and my work area being cut in half with the vehicle parked inside.
I'm even seeing the ability to put my multiple tools (drill press, bandsaw, miter saw, etc.) on plates and vacuum them to the workbench in ANY needed direction then storing underneath when not in use.
For a small shop area like me I'm going to use your phrase- this is a game changer 😊

Interesting innovation. I like the modularity. Thx for producing at a modest price.

Very cool system. I'm sure you'll do well with it.

I had so much clamp-actions made on my bench with 20mm holes, where i would not use a vacuum-system. And, when i remember right, there was  no one, where i would use such a system. This is no prove of course. But keep on. Best regards from Germany.

Thanks

It certainly opens up possibilities, for fixturing, its got my gears turning. Thanks.

awesome ideas.