Has anybody had any experience using a Food Saver for vacuum bagging? I did a search and found one post with no helpful info.
Any suggestions if I decide to try it? Thanks.
I used a foodsaver for some small parts…works excellent. I used their bags also for small parts (their bags work excellent dont stick and seal perfectly). What kind of parts are you planning to use it for?
Yours was the post I read. I even sent you a PM. I’m overlaying the aluminum interior in my M3. Each part will fit in a bag.
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I’m not sure how you did this?? I have the FoodSaver and container lids, just not sure of the interface. Much appreciated.
Oh…I didnt see your PM until now.
FOr most of my parts (the small ones)I used the foodsaver bags cut off from one of their foodsaver bag rolls and drew the vacuum and sealed the bag just like you would do to vacuum bag a steak. I have one of the foodsavers that has the automatic sealing strip (not sure if they all come with one).
For larger parts I purchased a roll of vacuum bagging film from one of the many vacuum bagging suppliers and constructed my own bag from the film. I used the mastic tape to seal the bag on the four sides. I used one of the foodsaver quart container lids as the connection between the foodsaver and my constructed vacuum bag. I cut a small hole in the my vacuum bag, placed the foodsaver lid inside and placed mastic sealing tape around the foodsaver lid and pressed the vacuum bag onto the mastic sealant to seal the lid to the bag. I used the foodsaver accesory hose to attach the foodsaver to the lid to draw the vacuum in the bag. You’ll need to experiment on where to place the lid in relation to the part in the bag. You will also, need to place some breather fabric on the underside of the lid to keep the vacuum from sucking the vacuum bag material up inside the lid so that it plugs the vacuum. I did have leakage problems with this set-up…since your constructing your own bag…there is a large amount of error for leaks. I think that the foodsaver actually pulled too much vacuum, and stretched the vacuum bagging material so taught against my part that leaks formed in the bagging material. Using the quart lid as the interface did not seem to be where the leaks were. I actually had one instance where the foodsaver pulled the vacuum bagging material so taught up against my part that the bagging material burst.
Good deal. I’m going to give it a try and see how it goes. It looks like keeping a seal is key. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks again!!