Vacuum Clamp DIY Shop Jig Made with Toilet Parts, Incredible!!

[@marklaub4632]

Brilliant! Major problem in my shop solved. I'm on my way to take apart my toilet! Thanks for the tip, Charlie......

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Glad you liked it, Mark. With all the woods around your house a toilet is just redundant anyway.

[@brianrowland9993]

So you don’t need to spend big dollars on a Festool vac clamping system! Great practical use of available bits to get a a very satisfactory vac clamping result! that is custom built. Thanks fir sharing - subscribed!

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

I still use this vacuum jig and it works great, glad you like the video!

[@KSFWG]

A great example of American Ingenuity !!

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks Dave!

[@erickdanielsson6710]

Great Idea, Thanks. I sat at your Friday GA veneer lecture, GREAT INFO. Very sorry I missed your Finishing lecture :-( Doug

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks! I'm glad that you were able to attend the seminar. I plan to be back at The Woodworking Show again next year.

[@kevinhuber3651]

Great idea, I think maybe o ring material might also work well for this I will have to give it a try thanks for the inspiration.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Absolutely, an O-ring would work, especially on a flat surface

[@jvmiller1995]

Wow this is awesome. I am a woodworker welder fabricator knife maker jack of all trades. But I was searching to see if anyone had made a DIY vacuum jig for drilling bowling balls. I am wanting to drill my own balls and I seen a very expensive one you can buy. But this I think would work fine. I think I would cut a wood ring to go around it with the gasket only 1/2 to 1/4 inch proud just to see if it would make it more ridged. But wow What a Idea I could see lots of uses for this. I think I will order me a seal today.

[@wb_finewoodworking]

Super idea. That’s something I’m going to have to make when I have a need for one. Thanks for sharing.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[@DIYMinded]

Great project! Thanks for taking the time to make and film it. Subscribed!

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Awesome, thank you!

[@TheMessyStudio]

Great idea, Charlie! Billy

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks Billy!

[@ellsworth5841]

Beastly clever.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thank You! I'm glad you liked it.

[@jimkodysz5404]

That's really thinking outside the bowl, Charley! (Sorry, I couldn't help it)

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks Jim! :)

[@AutotechWoodworking]

Maybe he was thinking while on the bowl!

[@mlrable]

Excellent thank you

[@andyandnancy]

Brilliant idea!

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks Andy!

[@trainwon5699]

Good idea! Thanks

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

I'm glad you liked it, Don!

[@flochartingham2333]

Awesome idea! When I saw this video linked in my email I thought it would be for a project using a vacuum pump to actuate regular clamps. Any idea about how well a vacuum check valve would do to maintain the necessary suction if you were to use a hand pump set up? (hint hint) I imagine multiples of this device could be used in a jig made for an engine stand for holding vehicle body parts.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Hi Flo, I was thinking the same thing. I tried installing a ball valve in the hose between the clamp and the pump, but it didn't work. I suspect that the vacuum leaks right through the wood. Regardless of a hand pump or motorized, it would hold longer if I had some kind of tank between the valve and the clamp. Here is an example of what I mean. They are using some PVC pipe as vacuum tanks: www.joewoodworker.com/docs/ProjectEVS.pdf

[@acerjuglans383]

I would suggest getting an oilless vacuum pump. Yours shoots a mist of oil into the air, as you've probably already noticed.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Yes. I've actually upgraded my vacuum pump since I released this video.

[@mikeygee4564]

Eeeeeepoxy. Just teasing, i find it interesting some people say it that way. Thanks for showing that this is pretty easily feasible. I'm going to do it but I think I may try silicone instead of epoxy to adhere and seal the gasket to the wood. I would think the flexibility may just help ensure it doesn't come loose or leak down there as I'm moving things around.

[@JackbenchWoodworking]

Thanks, If the silicone will stick then yes!

[@edwardkamel3397]

You can eliminate movement by using a dowel vertically inserted in the wooden base and wedge between the part and dowel.