Wood Stabilization, Pick a Pump
I was going to respond to another thread where the subject of wood stabilization came up, but did not want to derail.
I have been looking at stabilizing wood for some time now and from what I have found is, once you have the stabilizer, I plan on using Cactus Juice, and pump, the rest is jut plumbing and a pot.
Here is a good resource turntex.com and good comparison on pumps.
Some say the cheaper pumps blow out oil fumes. That’s the rap on the Harbor Freight pump. The good pumps like Robinair, are not all that much more, so I am leaning towards a more expensive pump. It would run it in the shop and it would run for a while.
I think once I get into it, I will do enough to make the cost worthwhile.
I like the idea of using a large pot with a smaller containers, holding stabilizing liquid and the wood, rather than vacuuming a small pot like Turn Tex makes, though I probably will start with one of his pots and scale up later. Once you have the pump and fittings, you can have multiple pots set up.
I know this idea has been kicked around here for some time and many have experimented with vacuum and pressure pots. Not much shows up in a search, and what does, are old threads.
I have a quantity of burled redwood and other woods and plan on cutting into 1X6x2 in blocks for stabilization then into ¼ in slabs for scales.
So what have you learned and what can you recommend to one wanting to start in stabilization? Looking more for comments on pumps and large pot vs smaller pots?
