Stabilizing Wood With DIY Vacuum Pump

Wood stabilizing is the process of injecting resin in wood by evacuating all the air present inside the wood via vacuum. Doing this create a stable and hard wood that is not affected by moisture. Vacuum chamber built in this video: /watch/U-Sr73_WieBWr And pid oven built in this other video: /watch/QgWrmwqwNM5wr I bought the stabilizing resin here: Cactus Juice: https://goo.gl/6M2odZ 100Term: https://goo.gl/2VirBw I don't have any affiliation with brisa.fi but they offer a nice and fast service. Highly suggested for Europe supply! Index of operation and materials: 0:20 Wood weigh before stabiliziation 0:35 Checking moisture content, needs to be as close to 0% as possible 1:05 Drying wood with pid controlled oven. 12 hours at 105°C (221°F) 1:50 Taking wood out of the oven before it cools down and placing it inside a sealed container so it does not absorb moisture 2:04 Leave wood to cool for couple hours, now moisture is very low. 2:31 Weighting down wood pieces with steel so they don't float in the stabilizing resin 2:40 Completely covering in stabilizing resin 3:08 Slowly raising vacuum to prevent excessive bubbling 3:47 Taking to maximum vaccum and holding it for 4 hours or untill bubble stop rising 4:14 Slowly releasing vacuum. Wood needs to be left soaking inside the stabilizing resin after releasing vacuum. (I left overnight 12 hours) 4:32 Packing each piece individually in aluminum foil 5:07 Lefover resin can be collected and used over and over 5:22 Curing resin (stabilizing resin activates with heat) 2 hours at 95°C (203°F) 6:27 Scraping excess resin Thanks a lot for watching, I hope you liked the video! Suggestions and comments are welcome. Leave a like and share to anyone who might be interested! And be sure to subscribe and ring the bell if you are new here so you don't miss upcoming projects! ★Patreon★ https://www.patreon.com/blackbeardprojects ★Website★ http://blackbeardproject.com/ ★Follow me★ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/BlackBeardProjects/ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/BlackBeardProje Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/black_beard_projects/

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