Festool vacuumpump

Hey,

I’m new here, from Belgium.

(Sorry for the bad english)

I had the idea of making my own skis for some time now.

I will give it a try this year!

I think vacuum pressing is the easy way to go, but im not sure about the pump.

(Like a lot of beginners around here, so i have read in all the topics)

I have 2 festool vacuum pumps in my workshop, would it be possible to use one or mayby 2 of them to ger enough pressiour?

The vac-sys se1

I cant find the maximum power they can produce..

Thanks!

Ps; i spend hours of reading and look at al the different building post, there is some nice product beiing made!!

Hi,

you could give it a try, the maximum vacuum is enough. What might be more of a problem is the little flow the pump has: only 2.7m³ per Hour. That means that your vacuum press really needs to be airtight, a little leakage anywhere would be a problem probably as the pump isnt able to "pull" enough amount of air.

A pump that a lot of people use is the Thomas 2660, it pulls a max of 7,8m³ per Hour.

Go give it a try!

Owkey, thanks.

Yeah i know it is slow.

I have 2 of them so i would use both of them on oppisit sides, that will be a bit quicker but not like the pump you just said

I wil give it a few test runs befor i try it on the skis so i hope to find “all” the leaks.

hi man! I'm living in antwerpen and I'm also going for a first run on ski building

cheers!

Nice!

Vacuum or press?

Ik ben van Ieper.

Laat weten hoe het je bevalt!