Vacuum Chamber

[ttpenman]

Has any one used the vacauum chamber that Alumilite sells? Looks like a simple design that could be made if you can find a short piece of PVC sewer pipe. Any idea where to find the gaskets (looks like silicone) they use? Not real cheap to buy but might be a easy design to make. Any thoughts?

Haven't made any castings yet but I've been buying materials. Hope to try some soon. My biggest issue is trying to pick and mix colors. When I see the ones a lot of you are making it blows my mind. The "Mutts" are incredible and I really want to try that type of casting. Should be interesting.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

 

[Padre]

Has any one used the vacauum chamber that Alumilite sells? Looks like a simple design that could be made if you can find a short piece of PVC sewer pipe. Any idea where to find the gaskets (looks like silicone) they use? Not real cheap to buy but might be a easy design to make. Any thoughts?

Haven't made any castings yet but I've been buying materials. Hope to try some soon. My biggest issue is trying to pick and mix colors. When I see the ones a lot of you are making it blows my mind. The "Mutts" are incredible and I really want to try that type of casting. Should be interesting.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

You should give Mesquiteman's chamber a check out. He also sells the stabilizing solution. It's deal, and it's very, very well made.

This is for vacuum chamber, not a pressure pot. Vacuum for stabilizing, pressure pot for casting.

 

[KenV]

PVC Sewer Pipe is not designed for such use and it makes nasty shards when it implodes

Do not even think about use of PVC for air pressure use -- those shards fly as it fragments when it breaks under compressed gasses --- and yes, compressed gas does not have the same properties as fluids.

 

[NewLondon88]

you could always make your own gasket.. it isn't difficult
And if you're thinking of casting and using pressure, you'll be getting
a pressure pot anyway. Change out the pressure gauge for a combination
pressure/vacuum gauge for about $12.. then you can do both.

 

[alphageek]

Has any one used the vacauum chamber that Alumilite sells? Looks like a simple design that could be made if you can find a short piece of PVC sewer pipe. Any idea where to find the gaskets (looks like silicone) they use? Not real cheap to buy but might be a easy design to make. Any thoughts?

Haven't made any castings yet but I've been buying materials. Hope to try some soon. My biggest issue is trying to pick and mix colors. When I see the ones a lot of you are making it blows my mind. The "Mutts" are incredible and I really want to try that type of casting. Should be interesting.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

You should give Mesquiteman's chamber a check out. He also sells the stabilizing solution. It's deal, and it's very, very well made.

This is for vacuum chamber, not a pressure pot. Vacuum for stabilizing, pressure pot for casting.

Except BIG note!!! The OP mentions "mutts" which are mixed materials, not just stabilized. Make sure if you are looking at Curtis and his chamber, that you read the notes he states about using it for resin work.

As for the pot on their website, I'm confused as this:
http://www.alumilite.com/ForumDetail.cfm?Question=Enter search term(s) here&QuesID=297&StartRow=1
seems to point more to pressure than vacuum.

 

[Just_Shorthairs]

Jeff
I just converted a paint pot from HD into a pressure pot /vacuum pot. So far it has worked great for casting but has not tried to stabilize and wood on vacuum. The library has lots of info on how to build one; I change mine just a little using a pressure/vacuum gauge but still the same concept
http://content.penturners.org/articles/2007/pressurepot.pdf

 

[MesquiteMan]

Has any one used the vacauum chamber that Alumilite sells? Looks like a simple design that could be made if you can find a short piece of PVC sewer pipe. Any idea where to find the gaskets (looks like silicone) they use? Not real cheap to buy but might be a easy design to make. Any thoughts?

Haven't made any castings yet but I've been buying materials. Hope to try some soon. My biggest issue is trying to pick and mix colors. When I see the ones a lot of you are making it blows my mind. The "Mutts" are incredible and I really want to try that type of casting. Should be interesting.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

You should give Mesquiteman's chamber a check out. He also sells the stabilizing solution. It's deal, and it's very, very well made.

This is for vacuum chamber, not a pressure pot. Vacuum for stabilizing, pressure pot for casting.

Except BIG note!!! The OP mentions "mutts" which are mixed materials, not just stabilized. Make sure if you are looking at Curtis and his chamber, that you read the notes he states about using it for resin work.

As for the pot on their website, I'm confused as this:
http://www.alumilite.com/ForumDetail.cfm?Question=Enter%20search%20term(s)%20here&QuesID=297&StartRow=1
seems to point more to pressure than vacuum.

Mine CAN be used for casting resin as long as someone does not plan to pour the resin directly into the chamber like they would with the Cactus Juice.

 

[qalien]

Maybe I'm misreading what you typed Curtis, but are you saying that it is ok to use your chamber as a pressure chamber as well as a vacuum chamber?

 

[MesquiteMan]

Maybe I'm misreading what you typed Curtis, but are you saying that it is ok to use your chamber as a pressure chamber as well as a vacuum chamber?

No, my chamber is strictly for vacuum only. The top just sits on the chamber with a gasket anyway so if you did try to apply pressure, it would just lift off! I don't have enough insurance to build pressure vessels!