Tons and tons of great info Thanks James used propane tanks are available for free from propane filling stations just fill with water or blow out with air while cutting? I found a 21" dia water tank from a well on the side of the road --cutting was with a sawzall --fast and clean the bottom all ready had the hole for the diff pump with a large o ring groove in it. I welded the pin hole leak, ?added 2 -1/4" thick rings ?for flanges with the o-ring set up per James Lerchs design. I have ?a free air conditioner ?for a cold trap, shop the deals on E-Bay I bought 3 thermocouple gauge controllers hoping that one would work all 3 do although they all need re-wiring paid less than 50.00 total -? gauge tubes are dirt cheap and any can be adapted to work in different brand controllers they are rugged ?so dont worry about buying the tested ones just take your chances if the first is no good the next one will be. My e-Bay rough pump was an old tired yellow jacket that would barely start I cleaned it honed the cylinders and rotated the vanes (you get 4 sides per vane) it runs like a champ for less than 150 bucks, I bid on 2 diff pumps 6 and 2 hoping to get one cheap? got them both real cheap along with valves and a cold trap (dry ice style) add in free neon transformer, spare hi volt transformer from an old oil burner, I use my welder for the evaporator coil, all in all probably? 500 bucks and I have 2 or more of many items I need. Now just a bit of pump oil and time to finish putting it all together and I can coat my mirror, ? Regards Ron White James Lerch wrote: ----- Original Message ----- |