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asmasm
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Has anyone done vacuum bagging off of a silicone mold? Will the softness of the silicone prevent me from getting good vacuum bagging pressure?
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I just scored a Savant VP 100 lab pump from an ebay auction for $50. It is a dual stage rotary vane and the listed specs I could find are 3.5cfm and 10^-4 torr (which if I undestand vac units correctly is about as close to 30" of mercury and you are going to get). Has anyone done vacuum bagging work with old lab pumps?
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Yep, I have an old Leybold-Heraeus pump.  Works a treat Smile
Matthieu Libeert
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asmasm, good job! love how you've bonded the two sections together! looks great

Matthieu Libeert
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I think I have settled on bladder molding a two part wet layup for the duct. I need to figure out a way to make a reusable and sturdy bladder. Ideally out of silicone. Rotomolding is an option but I would have to build a machine to be able to do it.  I wonder if I can sneak perforated peel ply and something absorbent into a stack between the bladder and the carbon to pull off some excess resin.

The other option I was looking at was oven curing with a silicone plug inside the part that would expand and create pressure. My garage is ~560 square feet and I have to be really careful about taking floor space.  Safe ventilation would be an issue since my living room and kitchen are above it. I am also not sure how easy it would be for me to get the silicone part back out with the shape of this part. I do have a fireplace in the garage I could run aluminum ducting through...
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