On Wednesday 26 May 2010, Mark Wendt wrote:
>On 05/26/2010 11:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> The answer to that then would have been air cylinders, teeny little ones
>> with a bearing mounted in the clevis and of the piston rod. No idea
>> where to source them though.
>
>Hmmm, mighta been an idea. Didn't know about them things
>
>>> The
>>> tests I've run so far show that had I used a "thicker, foamier" gasket,
>>> I could probably seal the leaks completely, but the gasketing material
>>> works well enough so that the pump keeps up with it and I only lose an
>>> inch or two of vacuum with the leak(s) from the bamboo to gasket.
>>
>> Thats not shabby at all!
>
>Yeah, I'm very happy with it. It's a pretty big pump and it's fairly
>quiet too, which is kinda nice.
>
>>> Plus,
>>> the gasket material I'm using compresses not very much bt just enough,
>>> so it makes it quite easy to get accurate touch offs without the bamboo
>>> moving, and it's easy to clean the bamboo dust off of after a cutting
>>> pass. This was the gasket recommended to me when I called All Star
>>> Adhesives and talked one of their tech guys and told him what I was
>>> doing. They make good schtuff, they're willing to work with small shop
>>> guys like me, and their prices are very reasonable. They sent me a 50
>>> yard roll of the gasket, 3/4" wide for around $20, and tossed in a sheet
>>> of another type of gasket material to try if I wanted to that's about 2'
>>> wide by 6' long for free. Good folks to do biz with.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> Sounds like, thanks for the endorsement. Now I'll know where to go get
>> similar stuff when I need it.
>
>You can't go wrong with those folks. They know what they're doing, and
>very pleasant to do biz with.
>
>> But right now, the grass needs cut, and its warming up nicely. :(
>
>Did that Monday afternoon. I feel yer pain...
>
In these 75 year old hip joints? ;-)
--
Cheers, Gene
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