Help with Vacuum Chucking

I sure love my Gast Vacuume Pump you can get them from Packard Woodworkings or Craft Supplies USA either places are really good stores..they are about $450.00 and in my opinion only get the OneWay stuff, you will want all three sized chucks not sure if they still make a 12” or not but the 3 1/2” 5 1/2” and 10” all have there place and you can make your own replacement gaskets with 3M spray adhesive and craft scrapbooking foam
you will love it my friend makes rechucking easy

-- Cosmicturner

+1 on Oneway’s system, which includes a Gast pump.

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I have a document on my blog that goes into some detail on my vacuum system. You can access it here
http://mikepeacewoodturning.blogspot.com/p/woodturning-resources.html

I respectfully disagree with folks that say “only get…” since I believe there is more than one road to someplace you want to go. Some approaches are more elegant and generally more expensive. Some are less elegant, less expensive and might still meet your needs. Kind of depends on what you value, your skills and your resources. My system is based on a used Gast pump off eBay and a rotary adapter form JTTurningTools. My system was less than $250.

-- MPax, Atlanta