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Robin Casady Sunday, July 27, 1997
   
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Mike McKim wrote:

>    Did someone ask about plans for a homemade vacuum pump here ?
>   http://web2.airmail.net/redmonj/sucker.htm

    While this setup is probably ideal for building aircraft, it is
    a bit under powered for jewelry investing and casting. A vein
    type auto air conditioner pump with a 1/2 hp motor should
    evacuate a bell jar in less than 30 seconds. The one I built took
    about 15 seconds to evacuate an oversized bell jar. A
    refrigeration pump will take quite a bit longer, and wont have
    the sufficient cfm air volume for casting anything but the very
    smallest flask.

Robin Casady
http://www.scruz.net/~rcasady/

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