Biloxi got the job done Saturday night by taking out Tupelo, but Harrison Central couldn't overcome a powerful Stark ville team in the Class 6A State Tournament quarterfinals. Biloxi got the job done Saturday night by taking out Tupelo, but Harrison Central couldn't overcome a powerful Stark ville team in the Class 6A State Tournament quarterfinals.The Seabees are 75 years old, and the Seabee Ball in Biloxi paid tribute to the long-serving institution on Saturday. Gulfport police are responding to an accident on Highway 90. Gulfport police are responding to an accident on Highway 90. The aroma of smoked meats filled the air Saturday afternoon as the 11th annual BBQ Chicken, Ribs & Brisket cook-off kicked off in D'Iberville.Champagne spills following the christening of the newest national security cutter, Kimball. Champagne spills following the christening of the newest national security cutter, Kimball. A vacuum pump is just an air pump, like a compressor, where you use the input side for suction, rather than using the output side for blowing.
Many air compressors make good vacuum pumps if you can find the air intake, enclose it, and attach an appropriate hose or fitting.In this instructable, I'll show how to convert a 12-volt "tire inflator"-type air compressor into a vacuum pump. This makes a vacuum pump suitable for vacuum bagging laminates and composites (like fiberglass), or for evacuating a tank for a small vacuum former.The vacuum created is several times stronger than any vacuum cleaner can produce, and most of the way to a perfect vacuum. (About 25 "inches of mercury" out of a possible 29.9, or 12.3 pounds per square inch---or 1768 pounds per square foot.)It is strong enough to achieve professional-quality results for many processes that require vacuum.I got my little air compressor for $2 at a Goodwill Blue Hanger store (a.k.a. "Goodwill Outlet Store"). New, it would cost about $20. Converting it to a vacuum pump required a few dollars worth of parts & glue.In addition to the pump, I used:a few feet of 1/4" inside diameter braided PVC tubinga nylon fitting with a hose barb for 1/4" I.D. tubing, andsome J.B. Weld steel-filled epoxyAll of these things are available at home improvement stores.
Since this is a 12-volt device that draws almost 4 amps, it requires a fairly hefty (DC) power supply. I run it off my 6-amp car battery charger. (Or sometimes off of a 12-volt deep cycle, trolling motor-type battery, for vacuum forming in locations where A.C. power isn't available.)Thanks to Doug Walsh and his book "Do It Yourself Vacuum Forming for the Hobbyist" for the basic idea.I've done very similar conversions of "nebulizer" air compressors (for medical equipment) from thrift stores. They're quieter, but don't pull as hard a vacuum. (About 17 inches of mercury or 8 pounds per square inch.) That's still several times harder than a vacuum cleaner can suck, and good for vacuum-bagging things like RC model airplane wings, but only a little more than half the ideal vacuum.) The upside is that they're quieter and run cooler, and will likely last longer.NOTES(added in light of comments below):If you use a really, really cheap tire inflator, such as the $10 "mini air compressor" from Harbor Freight, don't expect too much.
Really dirt cheap inflators may only run for a few minutes before overheating. (Better inflators can run for up to an hour. ) Err on the side of not running your pump for too long at a stretch. If you don't know if it's rated for more than 15 minutes, only run it for 5 or 10 minutes at a time, giving it 5 minutes to cool down before restarting it. Ideally, you'd like a pump with a heavy finned aluminum cylinder, a cooling fan, and a powerful motor, rated for continuous long runs. (Really ideally, you'll get it for $2 at the Blue Hanger.) Failing that, be gentle with your cheap little pump.Some tips on keeping the workload within your pump's limitations:For vacuum bagging: (1) don't expect to use this pump for things like full scale airplanes, or to cope with substantial leaks, (2) use a modest-sized vacuum reservoir so that you don't need to run the pump all the time, or for a long time just to build up vacuum in the reservoir. Either use a vacuum switch to top off the vacuum automatically now and then, leaving the pump off most of the time, or do it by hand.
If the pump is running most of the time, something is wrong.For vacuum forming: (1) don't expect to empty a 30-gallon water heater tank with this thing. (I use a 7-gallon $20 Wal-Mart air carry tank for my 12 x 18 inch vacuum formers.) (2) Use a two-stage plumbing system to reduce the load on the vacuum pump and make your small tank go much further. (3) Don't run the pump until it tops out at 25 inches of mercury or so unless you're forming thick plastic around tight details. 20 inches is plenty for most vacuum forming purposes, and the last few inches take longer, and wear out your pump that much faster.Step 1: open the caseShow All Items« PreviousNext »View All Steps Downloadrequest[Request] camping air mattress and other camping essentials. BuyItForLife)submitted by π Rendered by PID 111300 on app-788 at 2017-03-05 06:16:05.735934+00:00 running f3f09f7 country code: SG.Outdoor camping tents - guaranteed family memories What fun it is to spend the night in the great outdoors listening to the sounds of nature.
What I mean is the crickets chirping, birds singing, and other night sounds that remind me of my youth when I had much more time and inclination to collect my belongings and seek shelter within the walls of a nylon castle. Now my kids are teen agers and they want to embark on this time honored tradition of families everywhere, sleeping in a tent in the yard. But first, we had to get a tent. We had a tent once, a leftover from my youth, one my father purchased like I would now many decades before. This tent told many tales, about camping exploits of years past. Unfortunately for my kids, my father’s health prevented us from emjoying this tent with him. All they really remember about this first tent experience was that it was ld and stunk of musty fabrics. We actually did use it a few times before we deemed it past its prime. Once we took it to Douglas lake near Knoxville Tennessee where my aunt and uncle have a large camper that is permanently parked in a campground they have visited for several years.
We arranged the air mattresses and sleeping bags inside this dinosaur of tents and managed to survive the night, which made my kids realize inside was ot their only option for sleeping areas. The new tent we have is a Coleman Oasis. It is one of Coleman’s family cabin tents, with the room to allow six adults to sleep comfortably. If you are looking for cabin tents for sale, this one is a great choice. It has a six foot ceiling, a definite need as my son at 15 years of age is already six foot one inch tall. Since six adults can fit inside comfortably this is a great addition to the ranks of the family cabin tents. The main need for many people family camping tents is sufficient room for the family. This tent has plenty of room within is 12 foot by 10 foot interior. I feel it is one of the best camping tents on the market with this size advantage combined with the six foot ceiling, which allows for you to move around without having to crouch to get things done. A dome tent is an immediate improvement over the old style of tent which had a single high spot across the middle of the tent meaning you had to stop and lean to move around inside.
Family camping tents cannot have this limitation as many people will be inside at one time and need this extra room. Order your tent here!Dobsons Tent Store - TentsColeman is certainly one of the better known manufacturers of quality cabin tents, but they are hardly alone. You will find an awesome selection of tents to meet your camping and k=hiking needs in this Amazon store I created. Space is one of the greatest features of this dome camping tent. Inside the door is enough room for two queen size air beds. We have two air beds this size, so we were pleased to see the advertised capacity was accurate. Actually for the first sleep experience we improvised with mattresses in our basement as our air mattresses have small holes and used one full size mattress, one twin and a bunky board, or bunk bed mattress. Even with all three in there we still had some room. This tent is one of the Coleman family cabin tents with the large mesh windows for great ventilation without the concern of annoying insects.
No one is interested in trying to enjoy the great outdoors only to be plagued with insects. Outdoor camping tents of yesteryear dd not offer such amenities to please the ever so picky consumers of today. To guarantee continued sales of family cabin tents manufacturers like Coleman have to continue to be creative in their tent designs. In case you work bout all this mesh exposing you to rain or onlookers, there is another part that is called a fly sheet. It actually fits over top of the tent with multiple cords ot assure it stays with the tent and stakes to help limit the wind’s attempts to lift it away. This addition gives you options on how you want to enjoy your camping experience. At the rear of the tent is a small electrical access port which allows you to have an extension cord into your tent. Okay, I know you are shaking your head saying real campers don’t need or use electricity. Fortunately Coleman has the foresight to know not everyone is hard core and some will use campground facilities that provide electrical hookups.
I used this to power the sleep machine I am required to use each night with relative ease. The biggest problem was finding enough extension cord to reach from the outlet in my house to the machine in the tent. The tent has only two main poles that criss-cross to help maintain the structure of your tent. These poles are connected with an elasticized cord, so you have no worries about which piece goes where. This makes setting up the tent very quick and easy, as a two person team can probably accomplish the feat in under ten minutes. Another neat feature is the method Coleman devised to store all the pertinent pieces. First of all they have sewn the assembly instructions inside the main storage bag and printed these instructions on a durable fabric patch so that weather experience will not degrade your instructions. The carry bag is made of a long lasting fabric, just as the separate bags for the poles, tent and stakes are, ensuring you long years of use. This method of storage is so much better than with my dad’s tent as we had an old cardboard box it fit into sometimes, depending on who folded it and how they arranged the pieces.
Cheap camping tents The prIce of my tent was a great deal at $69.99. This was a price at a local retail store, but similar great prices are avaialble online if you choose to purchase that way instead. As with most consumer goods these days the supply has outstripped demand causing this to be a buyer's market. At most large retail establishments you will see a number of large cabin tents for sale at a variety of prices. Colemans tents are very competitive in the industry with some of the best camping tents prices of all the manufacturers. Coleman is known as one of the best camping tents manufacturers, with several decades of market exposire to back up their products. The have a wide variety of family cabin tents at competitive prices. Finding cheaping camping tents should not be a problem for you. So get up of your couch, listen to your kids direction to buy camping tent for their memory treasures. As I mentioned before the family camping tents are one of the greatest producers of family memories we have to enjoy.
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