Thread: juiceproof vacuum chamber

Post a photo of the chamber. Not sure about spare parts but you could make something perhaps

Hello Dai sensei thanks for your reply, but I have found the missing piece, the chamber is plastic about 700mm long and 150mm in diameter the vacuum pump is 5cfm is that big enough for pen blanks ? john

Originally Posted by John T

Hello Dai sensei thanks for your reply, but I have found the missing piece, the chamber is plastic about 700mm long and 150mm in diameter the vacuum pump is 5cfm is that big enough for pen blanks ? john

Absolutely. My chamber is a similar size, and I use a 3cfm vacuum pump, to do pen blanks/pepper grinder blanks/small box slabs and knife scales (plus seeds/pencils and all sorts of odds and ends). The main thing is the vacuum the pump can achieve rather than the cfm.

pips and pencils stabilising.jpg

Thanks Dai Sensei,
I forgot to ask you do you use Cactus Juice? If so where do you source your supplies? john.

Nice find! I am trying to figure out a vacuum setup that has enough height to deal with pepper grinder blanks in addition to pens, and from what I can see so far the the juiceproof containers are much better than the other options... And you don't seem to be able to get them in Oz anymore!

Originally Posted by John T

..... do you use Cactus Juice? If so where do you source your supplies?.

Yes I do. I get it either from Curtis directly, or from Timberbits