Finally got around to building my vacuum chuck. Mounted the pump in a cabinet I quickly threw together from melamne with pocket hole screws. Shelf space to store the various size chucks I'll make. Got the pump from a guy on SMC, very cool guy that helped a lot. All the other parts came from http://www.jtturningtools.com/, fit was great, everything went together easily. So far it's working great, pulling about 16" of vacuum, I need to redo my connections to see if I can increase that. The chuck is MDF on a faceplate, a groove turned in it for the PVC, PVC is glued in, and craft foam around the edge. My good friend Nate gave me a Beal tap to use so I plan on using it to make more chucks, depending on the size I need.
We had a light in the living room that the plastic lamp shade broke and we couldn't replace it. So I re-purposed it. A piece of wood mounted to the top, a little re-wiring, and now I have an adjustable light, with a second light shining into my work.
We had a light in the living room that the plastic lamp shade broke and we couldn't replace it. So I re-purposed it. A piece of wood mounted to the top, a little re-wiring, and now I have an adjustable light, with a second light shining into my work.