Re: Vacuum pump for vacuum chuck?

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> Might you share the brand of vacuum pump you use? Cole-Palmer,

Decker, Nash,

> Vooner, Robinair, Thomas Scientific, Gast .? Some months ago I bought a
> GAST DDA air pump, and have only used it a little as an aspirator.

Seems to

> work OK, but it isn't really a "vacuum" pump. Chuck
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Edwards Speedivac

I have two, one in use and one as a spare,
both quite old 240V single-stage, belt drive, sliding vane pumps.

One has a nice vapor trap on the top. Both were bought from eBay, the
first I bought worked right out of the box, the second required a
couple of hours strip-down and clean.