How to Choose a Vacuum Chamber for Stabilizing Wood!

[@setup1502]

Thanks for all the FREE info 😉. Great explanation of the different types of vacuum chambers and their uses.💪

[@JakeThompson]

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[@jpwoodwork]

Awesome premiere and you have some lovely bowls there jake

[@JakeThompson]

Aaawwwww

[@lakeshorewoodturner5136]

Great information Jake. Your blanks are awesome.

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Brother.. 😀😀

[@frattman]

Really great information, thank you. I really love your idea of saving the cutoffs for some funky functional art :)

[@JakeThompson]

Thank you Fratt Man 😀👍

[@wardwilson3216]

Thanks, Jake. Now I have to go back to your old videos and learn stuff, heheh

[@JakeThompson]

Oh no lol.. 😃😃

[@MarklTucson]

Good video. I’ve been doing smaller pieces and like the idea of doing a big piece and cleaning only once, am going to try that. I’ll add one thing based on experience; make absolutely sure the lid is centered before pulling a vacuum. This is a no-kidding safety issue. If it’s off-center, you can get to vacuum and have the lid sucked into the chamber catastrophically. I wasn’t hurt when this happened to me, but I could have been and my chamber was destroyed.

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Mark .. cleaning one time is definitely more time friendly than doing lots of smaller pieces. I make sure EVERY TIME the lid is centered.

[@mikeg9593]

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience. Thanks!

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Mike 👍👍

[@kris_kreations]

Great information, Jake. Thank you for sharing. 💚💚💚

[@JakeThompson]

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[@waynehillmannakapenncrafte9587]

Thankz Jake, very good info as always!!!

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Wayne! 👍

[@agkwoodworks3136]

That's a BEAST of a pot, thanks Jake 🦾🦾

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Andrew!! 💪💪

[@JiggsysShed]

Great video mate. Not that I have a need for a vac chamber currently, but great to hear your advice. 💪

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks John.. I’m glad you could get something out of it.

[@shanehurst31]

great video Jake thanks for sharing

[@JakeThompson]

Thank you Shane.. 💪💪

[@joeysturgeon]

Great info. Thanks Jake

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Joey. 💪

[@RaptureResins]

I'm looking for a vac chamber to de-gass epoxy resin and possibly silicone. Have a link for one good for those purposes? Don't think I need the ones linked for that. Thanks

[@JakeThompson]

Here ya go kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnWnYnyQfMiGgdE

[@Mr_Chuckles]

Another good reason to stabilise bigger pieces is that the wood often warps during drying and after curing the resin. So having a larger blank means you have more room to square sides and ends before cutting your final blank dimensions.

[@JakeThompson]

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[@wheelbarrowbully]

Hello love you videos. My name is Jeff Martin. I have been kicking around some ideas about wood stablizing with heat curing epoxy. I have only seen this done with very small pieces of wood. Like pen blanks and knife handles. It does get a little expensive to stablize. I do have a vacuum vessel that accommodate very large pieces. Stabilized you can use more punky woods and push the envelope. Do you think people would pay for something like this? Thanks

[@JakeThompson]

This already exists.. I stabilize large pieces often. Here’s a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaSoo6OJnaZobpY

[@wheelbarrowbully]

I was thinking of 4-5 feet in diameter maybe. Or very long 8-10 feet.

[@JakeThompson]

@@wheelbarrowbully if it would make sense to do it financially. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work

[@JennsTurn]

So informative Jake! Thank you for sharing! 💙💪🏼

[@JakeThompson]

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[@fnafplayer6447]

So what you are telling me is if I wanted to woodturn a nice log with resin to stay away from the glass vacs and there isn't a chamber that does both?

[@JakeThompson]

If you stabilize the wood, use a vacuum chamber with a glass lid is what I’m telling you

[@martinbreece]

That's some great information.

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Martin 💪💪

[@WaynetheWoodturner]

very informative Jake, Thank you

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Mr. MINT

[@denverheid4604]

Thanks for the tips!

[@JakeThompson]

Very welcome. Glad you enjoyed.

[@johnmcdonald8065]

Good video jake

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks John 👍👍

[@ken5439]

The small cylinder chamber you have seems to have a plastic lid, is that okay for wood ?

[@JakeThompson]

It’s a very hard plastic, that particular chamber was made for stabilizing wood.. 👍

[@ken5439]

@@JakeThompson thanks

[@BearPasWoodShop]

Great information! 😁🐻

[@JakeThompson]

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[@inspectr1949]

What about the pump it self, HP, CFM, stages, oil less or not?

[@JakeThompson]

There’s a link to the pump below the video.

[@Mr_Chuckles]

Turntex recommend a single stage, low CFM oil-filled rotary vane pump. Change the oil after every 3-4 sessions.

[@inspectr1949]

@@Mr_Chuckles Thank you, have been in the turning world for decades time to move it up a notch just at my age don't want to throw good money after bad not knowing how far I want to go this stabilizing thing.

[@SteelBladeWoodworks]

Awesome information Jake!!! That’s a big pot lol

[@JakeThompson]

Thanks Joey💪💪

[@m.straughton]

Thanks for the info Jake 👍👍 it sounds like the boss wants one to go her other casting setup 😭😫

[@JakeThompson]

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[@felixhernandez9354]

How long does it take to take out all the air bubbles from epoxy one's you put it in the vacuum chamber?

[@JakeThompson]

This is for stabilizing and it’s vacuum

[@felixhernandez9354]

@@JakeThompson but if I was to put epoxy in the vacuum chamber how long does it take for bubbles to come out? I preserved flowers and im still getting bubbles when I use a pressure pot!

[@JakeThompson]

@@felixhernandez9354 I have never done it. I think with flowers .. they need to be dry/ and or coated.. or sealed

[@felixhernandez9354]

@@JakeThompson it kinda looks like when you did that wolverine cast and air escapes!

[@JakeThompson]

@@felixhernandez9354 exactly.. dry the flowers and seal them before the cast

[@MarklTucson]

Another question for you Jake: When you do multiple large pieces in the vacuum chamber, do you put spacers between layers or between the bottom and the first layer to make sure that Cactus Juice has access to as much surface area as possible and also so the air releases from the lower layers? ... or am I overthinking this?

[@JakeThompson]

Lol.. I think there’s a little overthinking going on Mark.. Just get it in there and get er dun lol

[@lordskitch]

Let me just go ahead and remove that plastic lidded vacuum chamber from my stuff-to-get-for-the-shop list... Saved me from buying something that I'd likely break lol

[@JakeThompson]

Lol Right.. get it outa there 😀

[@sonyhk3824]

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[@ConnieConnie824]

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[@auntieashcraft]

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[@JakeThompson]

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