swirlman
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Getting ready to do some stabilization on some spalted maple. This will be my first time at this. Have the HF pot and venturi vacuum pump. Did a test run with the pot empty and my compressor will get me approx. -25 vacuum. Will this be enougth to do the job? I wll be using the acetone/plexi mix to stabalize the blanks. Also how long should the blanks be under vacuum? Do I drill the blanks before they go in the pot? I've looked thru the archives and past post on this subject and didn't see any answers for my questions. If those that have used the HF pot set up could help me out I would appreciate any help/info. I'm fairly new at turning pens, have done about 75 and really like the look of the spalted maple but would like it to be more solid to cut down on the CA usage. Thanks, swirlman