Sounds Like a cheap vacuum system

"Moray" wrote: Is this a complete system and do you think it wouild work??? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It doesn't include the compressor. Most of the discussions ot this type system lead to the conclusion that the amount of compressor power needed is excessive. I don't think $255 is cheap. I put a vacuum system together for my Jet 1236 for about $20, plus another $70 for a used vacuum pump. Check Bill Noble's website for ideas, plans and used pumps. I don't have his web address handy, but surely someone will supply it. I have a spare pump sitting around that I bought for $20.

Hi Moray, As Leo said, it is an incomplete system, way overpriced with the most necessary item missing; the sizable compressor. Some time back I posted a thread re making up a venturi system using a $9 Harbor F. venturi and a few dollars worth of parts. You could look in the archives, but don't build it unless you already have the compressor.

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

work???

You will need an air compressor also. All you are getting is a venturi system to generate the vacuum, the chuck and some of the plumbing. Regards Paul Geving snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

Thanks Bill Noble. I was on your site earlier. It is a great site. I look around more on a site that gives a little more information on how to do things and/or make things. I think even the people that buy the product like to see how it is made. I just Googled your name and got it. I have been onm so many sites about all kinda stuff to do with turning. Even though I may not use all I am reading about right away, I am just looking at possiblities and costs. With the wealth of information on makin your own jigs and gadgets, I do like the idea of making my own tools and gadjets but I will have to learn a lot more trades to do all this so I may have to just see what I am going to do and buy or make the bare necessities to to achive that. But I will in future try to make some addition items that will aid in whatever turning I am doing and at the same time I love finding and reading all the possiblties. Here is a great web site with some short movie clips. John MacNab works at Pier 21 in Hailfax Nova Scotia in the same province as I. The guy that has a space next to him is a cabinetmaker (Ken) and I was talk to him the other day and the next day I am there he is going to introuduce me to John and let me see more on what and how he does what he does.

I have always found that people who do woodwork are so very open and friendly to one another. Always willing to help out An idea I have, of course if I get good enough before the reaper comes, is if someone is taking down a tree in their yard, offer to make them a bowl or something with some of the wood and that gives them a connection to the bowl. They can say this is our apple tree or whatever tree. I am going to check the archives on bandsaws now as to the benefit of low, medium, and high speed models and much more I need to know ...............Murray