Watching purge bubbles form and pop can be worse than watching paint dry, grass grow, or whichever idiom you prefer. Especially those last few... No these last few... Wait, there's more... Sigh.
I decided to just jiggle my purge rig (which is in reality an electric skillet containing a Reynolds turkey roasting bag of sterilized sandbox sand with a 2 gallon Glass Vac nestled snuggly on top with a BBQ meat thermometer nestled just under the chamber). It worked. Bubbles erupted dramatically faster than just sitting there. But who is going to sit there banging a skillet on the counter? Right? Then I remembered a job I had (in 1986) at the local newspaper. I just had to combine one of each Sunday ads and align them. This is accomplished on a paper jogger... Basically a table that vibrates. Using one under a vacuum chamber would not only reduce purge times, it would probably produce a deeper purge and possibly eliminate the need for flips. If anyone has access to one, or uses one I'd love to hear about it.
I decided to just jiggle my purge rig (which is in reality an electric skillet containing a Reynolds turkey roasting bag of sterilized sandbox sand with a 2 gallon Glass Vac nestled snuggly on top with a BBQ meat thermometer nestled just under the chamber). It worked. Bubbles erupted dramatically faster than just sitting there. But who is going to sit there banging a skillet on the counter? Right? Then I remembered a job I had (in 1986) at the local newspaper. I just had to combine one of each Sunday ads and align them. This is accomplished on a paper jogger... Basically a table that vibrates. Using one under a vacuum chamber would not only reduce purge times, it would probably produce a deeper purge and possibly eliminate the need for flips. If anyone has access to one, or uses one I'd love to hear about it.
