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Refrigerator Compressor Vacuum Bagging

September 10, 2006 by Will O'Brien 21 Comments


I was looking up some construction tricks and ran across this little gem. Vacuum bagging is used to compress/remove air from resin/fiberglass/carbon lay-ups. This setup uses a common refrigerator pump with some plumbing to create the constant vacuum necessary.

Posted in Misc HacksTagged carbon fiber, CarbonFiber, compressor, vacuum pump, VacuumPump

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