Got some workspace...

[pocket-rocket]

you guys and your fancy digital setups.. i prefer to stare at blue liquid

You poking fun at me?

[ForcedFirebird]

you guys and your fancy digital setups.. i prefer to stare at blue liquid


Nice!

Thanks.

Not so much fancy,but then again we don't have to adjust to 28" for each test :P

[Superdave]

You poking fun at me?

nope...

my flowbench uses 2 old school manometers

[ForcedFirebird]

nope...

my flowbench uses 2 old school manometers

ah, cool. Got pics? At the meet, I was thinking you were using a MAF-type setup...

[Superdave]

ah, cool. Got pics? At the meet, I was thinking you were using a MAF-type setup...

I had a MAP on it to try and get rid of the test pressure gauge but my 2 motors wouldn't pull enough vacuum to get a decent range. I went back to using a regular manometer to measure inches of water. I can adjust to 28" easy now


Maybe some pics when i get the new cabinet put together.

[ForcedFirebird]

Two motors couldn't pull enough? Crazy.

I can see 12" at 100cfm with an early 1980's Craftsman vac lol. Problem is, it blows a 15amp breaker if anything else is on it, but they don't make things like they used to

[Superdave]

i get around 4" Hg right off the plenum box. It's not perfectly sealed but it's very close. slightly less with everything connected. Once the new rig is up and going i might upgrade the motors. Both of these pull about 12A together.

I contacted 3M to see if they can provide me with more specs on the motors that i ripped out of 2 $220 vacuums at work..

[ForcedFirebird]

Final piece in the puzzle!

[geldartb]

nice addition.
so when are you going to bring that by my house, got the perfect spot for it.

[pocket-rocket]

I like it, but it almost looks as if the post on the left is leaning towards the car some, and it doesn't seem to be lifting the car evenly. I could be wrong though. Now that I think about it the lifting thing, does it have adjustable pads on the end? That could be why the passenger side of the car looks higher to me- they might not be adjusted evenly.

[sprucegagt]

I take it you checked to make sure that floor will support those posts?

[robertisaar]

I take it you checked to make sure that floor will support those posts?

i hope so....

when me and my dad did the floor for his, we made sure there was at LEAST 6-8" of cement for it. its held up for about 16 months now, with his Javelin on it for at least a month at a time.

[pocket-rocket]

I would imagine a nice building like that would have some nice thick floors since they would figure some people would bring in CNC and other heavy machines in. Also knowing John the way I do, I don't think he would chance it if the floor was thin.

[ForcedFirebird]

They weren't adjusted

That and the shop floor is lower on the right in that pic. The left post actually leans about 1/16" per 4' towards the wall and the other post leans the same the opposite way (they lean away from each-ohter). The floor is actually almost 1/2 lower on the right, so it took some tweaking to get it to sit proper today. It will still look a little crooked when both sides are sitting on a lock, but with 6 bolts 5/8' diameter, 6"in the concrete, it's not going anywhere

If i had checked better, there would have been a 1/2" plate under the right post, but let's see how long we are at this location...

[pocket-rocket]

I was going to suggest 1/2" plate... lol.