Gofer
Member
Really well I might add .... 24.5 Hg in fact.
I finally got all the parts together for the vacuum pump I got cheap off of Kijiji. If it lasts me a year I will be happy but I am hoping for longer. It is a Welch Duoseal 1400 with a lot of odds and sods from the junk drawers and sgrounging around in the hangar shops. A vist to Princess Auto, Home Depot and Acklands and I am up and running.
My chamber was very inexpensive but will be replaced with a larger and easier to use one when possible. I did get a great seal on it with the use of a little bit of expired aircraft grade sealant
The entire underside of it has a layer of sealant 1/8" thick for a good surface to seal against. Now I just have to get some whieghts to hold the blanks down.
And at this time the Cactus Juice is almost done bubbling. Tomorrow will be time to bake these 100 year old barn board blanks, hopefully this toaster oven won't end up in the trash like the last one. (minor fire inside it
)
Much more to come I fall off the cliff of the stabilizing and casting world. At least if I fall too fast I can reach out and grab on to one of the many helpful addicted people around here.
Bruce
I finally got all the parts together for the vacuum pump I got cheap off of Kijiji. If it lasts me a year I will be happy but I am hoping for longer. It is a Welch Duoseal 1400 with a lot of odds and sods from the junk drawers and sgrounging around in the hangar shops. A vist to Princess Auto, Home Depot and Acklands and I am up and running.
My chamber was very inexpensive but will be replaced with a larger and easier to use one when possible. I did get a great seal on it with the use of a little bit of expired aircraft grade sealant
And at this time the Cactus Juice is almost done bubbling. Tomorrow will be time to bake these 100 year old barn board blanks, hopefully this toaster oven won't end up in the trash like the last one. (minor fire inside it
Much more to come I fall off the cliff of the stabilizing and casting world. At least if I fall too fast I can reach out and grab on to one of the many helpful addicted people around here.
Bruce
