VAC SYS

Mechanical vacuum operated clamping apparatus for the clamping of workpieces by vacuum force while being worked by craftsmen or by do-it-yourselfers and parts for the aforementioned goods; a mechanical workpiece holder having a support surface that is configured to be connected to a vacuum supply in order to generate a vacuum for releasably and fixedly holding a workpiece to the support surface at only one side of the workpiece and to enable the support surface and workpiece held thereto to be manipulated through multiple positions relative to a base of the holder so that work can be performed on multiple surfaces of the workpiece