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Degassing Chamber

Materials:

  • Jar With Tight Fitting Lid (minimum 24 ounce jar, vacuumed sealed with wide neck)
  • ⅛ NPT Fitting 1/8 OD
  • Hot Glue and Hot Glue Gun
  • Electric Drill with Bit
  • Vacuum Pump
Time To Complete: 20 minutes.   

Step 1: Drill a hole in the cap of the jar.

Step 2: Screw the fitting in the lid. Screw the lid on the jar.

Step 3: Connect jar to the vacuum pump, then trace the fitting with hot glue. The vacuum will pull the melted glue though the any gaps, sealing it.

Air Tank

Materials:

  • Plastic Bottle With Cap (a least one liter)
  • Nail
  • Hot Glue and Hot Glue Gun
  • 1/8" OD Pneumatic Tubing (about three feet)

 

Time To Complete: 20 minutes.

Step 1: Puncture the lid of the bottle with a nail.

Step 2: Thread about 0.75" of tubing through the hole in the cap.

Step 3: Surround the tubing inside the cap with hot glue.

Step 4: Before the glue cools, screw the cap onto the bottle, block the free end of the tube with your thumb, and squeeze the bottle. The pressure inside the bottle will push the hot glue though the any gaps and seal the bottle.