I use a lot of HF stuff, on electrical, get the 1 yr extended warranty. It is worth it. Usually, everything works just fine, but there is always that once that gets you. I'd go for it if I were you, we have been working toward bagging and saw the price for a setup - wow.. I have two fridge pumps and a seal a meal that we're trying first. Fittings and supplies are cheap, so if you can save the cash with this unit, you are well ahead in savings.

So..... I ended up getting a different pump, one which had a nice ring to it, FREE, free is for me. Seems like a real nice pump, did a test by cover the hole, gauge went to 24 Hg, which would be great, considering our elevation. So maybe the gauge is wrong?

Test #2. Bought an empty quart paint can, drill the lid for some air fittings, and epoxyed them air tight. Hooked the pump to one side of the can, turned on the switch, sounds good. Stuck my finger over the other air fitting hole, Wow, sucked the can down like a cheap pop can.

I see how effective this can be at squezzeing out the resin. Question, what sort of can/jar did any of you use for a "just in case epoxy catcher". Not sure i would try glass after seeing that.

Thanks

David

When using a vacuum bag, you'll want to put the bag fitting on the bag some distance from the layup since you don't want an imprint of your fitting on your layup. The fitting should be linked to the layup by some paper towels inside the bag to keep an airway open. If you do it this way, there are plenty of places that excess resin would rather go in the bag, than up your vacuum line. Then you can skip the excess resin reservoir.

I'm with Adrian on this. Until you start laying up in large quantities, you don't need a resin trap. An example would be the fin can on my L3 bird - nearly a pint of total resin in the layup, not a drop made it into my tubing and certainly not back into my pump.

On the other hand, I worked on a repair job on a ski boat last year where we were mixing West Systems in gallon batches. We had a commercial resin trap on the pump and caught about 3 tablespoons.

Warren

Hey,

I like the sound of that, less parts.

Thanks for the feedback.

David