Thread: Vacuum Chucks

Originally Posted by greyhound

Where is the best place to buy a vacuum pump?
Do not want to use a vacuum cleaner.

Sorry, I can't help you there. ButI wanted to say "good choice!"

Vac cleaners will burn out due to reduced cooling air-flow, unless you include a pressure relief valve. A pressure relief valve, unfortunately, tends to reduce the vacuum at the chuck, hence the grip.

It's a bad compromise.

A vacuum pump on the other hand...

Thanks for starting this thread, Graham. I've been thinking along similar lines myself, and look forward to responses re vacuum pump sources in Oz.

Just checked out the vacuum heads in your link to the Turner's Retreat. Unfortunately, none suit my lathe - 1" x 10tpi. Might have to make my own, to mount on my faceplate.

Hi graham,
Have you looked at the holdfast system
from craft supplies usa, all you need
is a air compressor and they supply all
you need, I have one and i, am very impressed
can post some piccy, s if you are interested
Cheers smiife
www.craftsuppliesusa .com

Originally Posted by smiife

Hi graham,
Have you looked at the holdfast system
from craft supplies usa, all you need
is a air compressor and they supply all
you need, I have one and i, am very impressed
can post some piccy, s if you are interested
Cheers smiife
www.craftsuppliesusa .com

yes to the pictures thanks.
Checked out this site they have the same hold fast vacuum generator as the one available from Bruce Bell .

Where did you purchase your system from?

Originally Posted by Hermit

Thanks for starting this thread, Graham. I've been thinking along similar lines myself, and look forward to responses re vacuum pump sources in Oz.

Just checked out the vacuum heads in your link to the Turner's Retreat. Unfortunately, none suit my lathe - 1" x 10tpi. Might have to make my own, to mount on my faceplate.

You can get a Vicmarc vacuum face plate with the spindle adapter to suite your lathe and then all that is needed is the vacuum source.
This is the way i am leaning towards

Go to eBay & do a search on Refrigeration Vacuum Pump.

You'll get one for less than $100.

Check out this thread.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/vacuum-chucks-146742

And this one.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/vacuum-system-73842

And then try this search.
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...g+vacuum+chuck

See if you can download this eBook.

http://www.carlford.info/pages/demos...hucks_Demo.pdf

Thanks for the thread and posts


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

You can get quite a good vacuum by using the intake port on your compressor. Plenty enough to use for a vacuum chuck, so if you've got a compressor anyway, you can get your vacuum chuck up and running with the purchase of a few couplers and some hose.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Go to eBay & do a search on Refrigeration Vacuum Pump.

You'll get one for less than $100.

Check out this thread.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/vacuum-chucks-146742

And this one.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/vacuum-system-73842

And then try this search.
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...g+vacuum+chuck

Thanks for this information plenty of good ideas and different ways to set up a system

Went to a friends workshop today to look at his vacuum set up on his Omega Stubby lathe .
His lathe is factory fitted with a vacuum port,all that you need is the vacuum source and a suitable face plate what a brilliant innovation

Originally Posted by Colin62

You can get quite a good vacuum by using the intake port on your compressor. Plenty enough to use for a vacuum chuck, so if you've got a compressor anyway, you can get your vacuum chuck up and running with the purchase of a few couplers and some hose.

Sounds like a good idea, but I'm wondering if this might 'cook' the compressor, working against a constant vacuum?
My old compressor has no air filter, so it would be an easy matter to connect tubing, but i'm wary.

Originally Posted by Colin62

You can get quite a good vacuum by using the intake port on your compressor. Plenty enough to use for a vacuum chuck, so if you've got a compressor anyway, you can get your vacuum chuck up and running with the purchase of a few couplers and some hose.

Originally Posted by Hermit

Sounds like a good idea, but I'm wondering if this might 'cook' the compressor, working against a constant vacuum?
My old compressor has no air filter, so it would be an easy matter to connect tubing, but i'm wary.

Another concern would be that compressors stop when they get to the desired pressure, so then vacuum = 0

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Another concern would be that compressors stop when they get to the desired pressure, so then vacuum = 0

I was thinking that if it weren't for the temperature issue, it's easy to but a blower nozzle in the end of the outlet hose with the trigger taped down.