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Step 9: Cut off tire inflator end of compressed air hose (for now), stow hose
I didn't want the tire inflator fitting on the compressed air hose restricting the air flow through the pump, so I cut the hose near that end. (If I ever want to use the pump for inflating tires, I can splice it back together, using the same kind of double-ended barb shown before.) Then I coiled up the hose and stowed it in the hose-and-cord storage compartment.
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skaar says:
Mar 12, 2011. 9:01 AM REPLY how about... put the entire thing into a box, and seal the out tube... no noodling, and there would be a vac reserve, use a vac switch to switch it on and off...
troppoforte says:
Nice little project here! I love those small pumps with those tiny pistons, the likes of which are in small gas plane engines.
I've actually been pondering turning one of my vacuum pumps into a compressor for an air-powered engine project I have been planning. I bought three vacuum pumps from my local University surplus warehouse for $5-15 each. One of them is a dual-cylinder pump. It has a direct-drive to the crank as does another of my older ones. My oldest, a Fisher Scientific with a 1/2 HP GE motor, is powered through a belt. That's probably the stongest one I have.
bomihdar says:
thank you
noledude44 says:
Aug 23, 2010. 6:21 AM REPLY Would be strong enough to use with a vacuum bag? I'm going to be making a longboard and i'm just checking out different ways to do it.
geoslim13 says:
there is an instructable on making a vacuum seeler
corbin569 says:
Jul 21, 2010. 7:06 PM REPLY does anyone know if this would pull a big enough vaccum for a fusor reactor/fansworth reactor... i,m only wanting to make the plasma not introduce a new gas and make actual fusion Feb 7, 2010. 9:18 AM REPLY This is WAY after your postings - but I'll ask anyway. can this be used for a fresh-air system for painting and such? If it sucks air in one tube and exhausts it our the other, couldn't I attach a hose to a mask? Maybe using a nebulizer would make it even "cleaner" and able to run for hours at a time. Plus you don't need much air to fill amask for breathing. Thanks!
e-tek says:
votecoffee says:
Feb 7, 2010. 9:24 AM REPLY I would avoid using it for that. Such pumps are designed for higher pressures and running them at low pressures would wear it out quickly. Also, the air from these isn't as clean as other cheaper options for what you want. If you smell the air from a tire air compressor it will have a definite odor. Your best bet is to make a box to enclose a small fan for simple low pressure circulation. You can get hose fittings for any size hose you want from a hardware store. I would use a larger hose so air flows easier. You may not need much air to live, but high levels of CO2 from old air is bad for you as well.
e-tek says:
Feb 7, 2010. 11:16 AM REPLY Thanks a lot. Of courseI would put the intake outside, so the air would be fresh. Isn't the odor from the rubber hose? Here's a link to a perfect DIY set up, but the pump used are much more expensive in Canada than can be found in the states.
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votecoffee says:
Feb 7, 2010. 4:18 PM REPLY I didn't get to check the link out, but about the rubber hose: I'm sure a good portion of the smell is because of that, but some is also from the air pump and it's internal parts. Either way, it's not stuff you want to breath a lot of, and I assume this is something you would use often.
aggiez71 says:
Nov 13, 2009. 12:37 AM REPLY This is very cool and helpful and I believe I will start on mine tomorrow. I intend to use it in for pulling air out of resins in silicone molds for my Industrial Plastics Lab at school. maybe it will get me bonus points in the class. Did you ever put a gauge to it? if so how many mm Hg did it manage?
Belleye says:
Awesome, now I will be able to make my own heatpipes, well once I get a vacuum gauge.
drcrash says:
May 31, 2007. 9:38 PM REPLY You can get vacuum gauges cheap from NoShok, on eBay. About $3.50 each plus a few dollars shipping. (Not much more shipping for two; I got two and thought it was a really good deal.) They work. BTW, what's a heatpipe?
Belleye says:
May 31, 2007. 10:20 PM REPLY heatpipes are used in computers for cooling, basically its a copper tube with water in a vacuum so it boils off at low temps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heatpipe
drcrash says:
Jun 1, 2007. 7:10 AM REPLY Oh, those heatpipes. (Thanks.) I'm wondering if you need a vacuum pump to make one of those at all. I'd think you could just fill it with hot steam and seal it, so that when the steam cooled down and mostly condensed to liquid water, you'd get vacuum. Using a vacuum pump might be less tricky, and safer, but just sealing in some steam would be a neat hack.
static says:
Jul 2, 2007. 4:12 PM REPLY The Wiki article we where directed to does say; "When making heat pipes, there is no need to create a vacuum in the pipe. One simply boils the working fluid in the heat pipe until the resulting vapour has purged the non condensing gases from the pipe and then seals the end." A far as the heat pipes go, it reads like they need to be engineered to a gnat's ass. That's just as well, where they cant cool below ambient temperature I wouldn't have an application for them. Jun 3, 2007. 6:16 AM REPLY It would be easier to control the pressure and in turn the boiling/condensation temps using a vacuum pump and gauge. You wouldn't want the water to boil at room temp or you won't get any condensation to replace the water which would result in the magic blue smoke escaping.
Belleye says:
texabyte says:
i wish my mac laptop had abetter cooling system and it gets well over 130* F {{{ and it burns }}}
PKM says:
Mar 19, 2008. 11:23 AM REPLY Wow.. I had no idea these compressors were so simple on the inside. If you weren't afraid of a little hacking and weren't bothered whether the original case went back together, could you not solder/braze your own fins (ideally thick sheet copper I guess) to the cylinder, add a CPU or case fan to cool the motor, and maybe even drill holes in the motor casing to help the cooling? Of course, if pulling a near-complete vacuum requires a lot more motor torque than the original usage then the thing's going to overheat eventually whatever you do, but it should at least help to increase the duty cycle.
TheMadScientist says:
May 29, 2008. 6:13 PM REPLY in theory, yes, but finding that one third inch thick copper is approximately 25 bucks for 6 inches square, its not practical on larger ones...
PKM says:
May 30, 2008. 4:55 AM REPLY A good point- sheet copper is probably way to expensive to use like this, perhaps puling heatsinks from scrap computers might be a better way to go? Copper prices are having some weird effects in this country: the lowest denomination "copper" coins are worth 1.5 times their face value as scrap metal despite only being copper-plated steel, and there have been one or two interruptions to railway services as people steal signalling cables...
Mattrox says:
Oct 21, 2008. 7:00 PM REPLY Does anybody know how to change the copressor plug from being car cigerrete lighter powered to mains or run it off a car battery Pleaz Coment
rada194 says:
a really easy way is to hook it up to a 12.0 volt drill battery thats what i did and its rechargeable and portable its great
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miiwii3 says:
Aug 2, 2009. 2:14 AM REPLY easy buy a 12 volt wall wart you know 120v to 12v and splice the wires together white or dashed wire to white or dashed wire black to black. i believe black is ground or negative ohh and your wall wart must be dc voltage
kikiclint says:
Sep 1, 2010. 7:28 AM REPLY air compressors use more power than a wall wort can usually supply, and will either burn up your wall wort, not supply enough power to run the compressor or both. A computer power supply does work ok though. In general, they probably run around 8-10 amps for the model shown in this instructable.
Mattrox says:
Thanks
miiwii3 says:
no problem
aizazahm says:
Hi, Can I use this vacuum pump for filling up my natural gas cylinder?
miiwii3 says:
sure if you don't mind exploding :) but really dont use anything flammable read my comment above
miiwii3 says:
oh i mean below i am stupid
coop01 says:
May 9, 2009. 10:58 AM REPLY I wouldn't recommend using this device for any application involving a potentially explosive or flammable material. Please don't even try it.
miiwii3 says:
hey i feel like succing the air out of gasoline to make it look like i bought more gas than i did. lalalalalalal !!!BOOM!!! honey what was that? noooothiiing ok did you bye that gas? its a long story uhhh i'll get my yarn thats my prediction that was in no way to make fun of anyone
miiwii3 says:
did i spell succing wrong? yes sucking am i stupid or what?! i know i'll blame it on my exhaustion
zivodrock says:
Jul 19, 2009. 3:52 AM REPLY Hi there! Is there any way for you to attach an internal 12V SLA battery to this and at the same time make it rechargeable? Am looking forward to your response on this. Thanks!
chairchild says:
Jul 28, 2009. 10:18 AM REPLY easy enough to add a battery - I'd suggest a sealed gel-acid 12v item. Just fit the two wires from the power cable, to the battery. To make it rechargeable, fit the external power source, with the same polarity (positive to positive, negative to negative) If you get a car jump-start pack, it's just a 12v battery, with leads attatched, and a built-in charging circuit But tbh, most jump-start packs have lighter sockets on them anyway, so not really worth the extra hassle
cambu26 says:
Mar 22, 2009. 8:05 PM REPLY hi drcrash i want to know i someting... wen i do vaccum the metter reads 26... thats enougth for deggasing silicone rubber for mold making ??? thanks
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cambu26 says:
Mar 22, 2009. 7:57 PM REPLY >>>MTTROX<<< radio shak sells the converter for the car plugg . they have for conect it to a car battery . an other for conecting it in the house wall plug ...hope u underestand my english is bad Feb 4, 2009. 4:18 PM REPLY Have any of you tried a aspirator vacuum pump. Basically, water sucks the air in as it flows out a pipe. Cheap ($20.00), and high volume and high suction (28.5" Hg). I've used these before and they work really well. A link for a Nalge pump is: http://www.opticsplanet.net/nalge-nunc-polypropylene-vacuum-pump-aspirator-nalgene-6140-0010.html
FloydV says:
rick.leasure says:
I looked up the link: Product Code NL-LP-6140-0010 List Price $35.95 Sale Price $31.95 Must have raised the price...
frisky_will says:
Jan 22, 2009. 2:30 PM REPLY @ Mattrox: I used the 12v line of a PC power supply, but a mains - cig lighter adapter should do it if the current's rated high enough I think?
frisky_will says:
Jan 22, 2009. 2:29 PM REPLY Ok, I picked up one of these things and straight off, it's too noisy! I'm thinking maybe make a muffler for the exhaust. Also someone's just suggested I just build an airtight box with the compressor inside, and the exhaust out - basically putting the pump inside the reservoir. This could reduce noise and simplify things, also reducing the pressure under the piston. Would it just overheat? Sep 20, 2008. 1:46 PM REPLY Not sure if you have problems with the nozzles working their way out of the 'liquid metal' eventually, with all the vibration etc. Here's an idea to make it more secure: Take a large pop rivet. Hammer the pin out of the middle. Set the flange on top of the air-inlet of the compresor. Apply chemical metal over the top. The only way it will come out is by pulling all of the chemical metal with it. My compressor only had one inlet hole. I used the pin from the rivet to line up the holes before the chemical metal had gone hard. Jun 14, 2008. 11:53 PM REPLY You're lucky the valve is in an easily accessible area. A few years ago I needed a vacuum pump and had 2 of these compressors sitting in the garage. Both of them use a valve that's right on the piston, where the inlet is actually through the bottom of the piston and the case opening. I went with a modified bicycle pump instead (an instructable in its own) for a little while until I broke down and just bought a used medical vacuum pump from the local classifieds. 26" of vacuum in a 2-foot long 6" ABS pipe with a flick of a switch. Jun 14, 2008. 8:11 PM REPLY Congratulations on this well made instructable. If you have problems with, power supply, do as I did: go to the woods where some people throw away refrigerators. I've got a 300 W Bosch refrigerator compressor that I used once as a vacuum pump and will be part of my beefed-up party cooler. May 29, 2008. 6:10 PM REPLY that's 1/4 atmosphere, correct alex? uhh, with this wimpy little thing, probably not... I use an air compressor cylinder unit with something like a five horsepower electrical motor, it stood about 2 feet tall, one wide, 1.5 long, and has fins radiating from the center...this seems like it'd be nice for liquid transfer... but its not gonna make water boil at room temperature or anything like that...
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alexhalford says:
Will this generate a vacuum of 27kPa??? Great instructible Alex Halford
budman1404 says:
Apr 27, 2008. 5:02 AM REPLY The answer is...an oxygen concentrator! I`m not sure however what the question is. I work for a home medical equipment co., if we have a concentrator with too many hours or just will not come up to snuff, we throw them away! Check with your local D.M.E. ( durable medical equipment) supplier and they may just make a wealth of high tech. parts available to you for naught. These things have "product tanks" ( think large Pringles cannisters) inside them, 4 way valves that are designed to last FOREVER and more specialty plumbing than you can shake a bag of hose clamps at. Look around, we have had folks dump these off at our back door. Try to talk to a lowly "tech.", they might just give it to you because to them it is just clutter. Apr 6, 2008. 4:34 PM REPLY First, I'd like to say great job on this and your other instructables. They are very nicely done. Second, I would like to add a comment about this project. Some models of little inflators like this one, will not work for this method. The Tool Shop version I bought has a different air intake setup. The intake is built into the piston of the pump, much like a bike pump would be constructed. But the way it is built, you can't flip it around to make it suck air in. Jan 26, 2008. 1:38 PM REPLY I use a window ac unit compressor for a vacuum pump/ air compressor!! It will get up to 150 psi pretty quick. It really can't be used for painting or anything that needs dry air(unless ypou get a seperator) It is cheap since you can find window units on the curb that are usually empty of freon. I connect the input and output every so often and let it circulate oil that I have in a can with connections on it, just to keep it well oiled. If you are going to use it for quite a bit of time a few drops of oil in the intake will help it last. OF course a automotive york ac comp will last forever since the oil supply is seperate all you need is a 110 volt motor with a pully and a belt mounted and either weld the clutch or make a 12v circuit and have it activate the clutch on demand or when the pressure drops in your tank!!
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lemonie says:
May 31, 2007. 2:48 PM REPLY Running pumps in series can give you you higer vaccum. At only $2 I'd have a go at backing this up with another pump and see what it will suck. L
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