I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a 3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my thumb and
forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and turn the
vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is
fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum
running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal. With a
little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

TOM KAN PA wrote:

I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a 3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my thumb and
forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and turn the
vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is
fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum
running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal. With a
little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.


It's too bad my Shop Vac takes up more room than my oven... I think I'll
stick to the tried and true Squeeze and Seal Method...

~john!

--
What was it like to see - the face of your own stability - suddenly look
away...

TOM KAN PA typed:
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a 3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the
tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my thumb
and forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and
turn
the vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the
bag is fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the
vacuum running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal.
With a little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

My Tilia doesn' take as much storage space as the Shop Vac, and my kitchen is
too small as it is.
I'll stick with the Tilia, thanks.

BOB

"TOM KAN PA" wrote in message
...
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a
3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then
package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the
tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my
thumb and
forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and turn
the
vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag
is
fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the
vacuum
running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal. With a
little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.



Just don't mix up the ports on the motor unit. Remember, this one sucks and
the other one blows.

Jackuum

"Jack Schidt®" wrote:

Just don't mix up the ports on the motor unit. Remember, this one sucks and
the other one blows.

Jackuum

(laugh) My neighbor called in a panic, do you have a shopvac?
Sure, I'll bring it over. I set it up for her and went home.
Phone rings, is it supposed to just blow the water around?
sh**! ... ran over and changed ports.

nancy

TOM KAN PA typed:
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied
a 3/16" diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.

The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then
package freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room
to slip the tube into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath
towel and with my thumb and forefinger, I push down on the "zipper"
on each side of the tube and turn the vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum,
it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is fully drawn around the
contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum running and
immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal.

With a little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

It's not a bad idea if you don't have a Tilia or if you need to pull a
fair vacuum on something really big. I have instructions on using
vacuum cleaners to help draw down Mylar bags, buckets, and such things
in the Food Storage FAQ. I have a Tilia, but some things it won't do.

I like the film canister and tubing idea. Would you mind if I used it
in the FAQ?

......Alan.


Curiosity killed the cat -
lack of it is killing mankind.

TOM KAN PA wrote:
[...missing episode of The Red Green Show deleted...]

If the women don't find you handsome,
they should at least find you handy.

--Blair
"You gonna eat that?"

TOM KAN PA typed:
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied
a 3/16" diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.


The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then
package freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room
to slip the tube into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath
towel and with my thumb and forefinger, I push down on the "zipper"
on each side of the tube and turn the vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum,
it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is fully drawn around the
contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum running and
immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal.


With a little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.


Seems to me that's kind of like using a jack-hammer to put a screw
hole into a wall. It's not the right purpose, and it won't work
anywhere near as well. Zip-Loc bags will not maintain a vacuum seal
even if this unit could create one, which it won't.

You may as well use a straw.

--
Steve

"Blair P. Houghton" wrote in message
...
TOM KAN PA wrote:
[...missing episode of The Red Green Show deleted...]

If the women don't find you handsome,
they should at least find you handy.



Ha - I was thinking the same thing. However TOM's missing the key
ingredient from Possum Lodge for sealing - Duct Tape! LOL

In rec.food.cooking, on 15 Oct 2003 16:28:47 GMT, c
(TOM KAN PA) wrote about Food sealing with shop vac.:

I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a 3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my thumb and
forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and turn the
vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is
fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum
running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal. With a
little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

Zip the bag except for one corner. Place the bag in a sink full of
water, leaving the open corner out of the water. Finish closing the
bag, and remove from the water. No air in the bag, and no equipment
(well, except for a towel to dry off the bag).

Joan

" BOB" wrote in message
...
TOM KAN PA typed:
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a
3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then
package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the
tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my
thumb
and forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and
turn
the vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once
the
bag is fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with
the
vacuum running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped
seal.
With a little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

My Tilia doesn' take as much storage space as the Shop Vac, and my kitchen
is
too small as it is.
I'll stick with the Tilia, thanks.

BOB

Me too!
Helen

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith that
saves is faith in Him

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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote in message ...
I drilled a hole in the bottom of a 35mm film cartridge and epoxied a 3/16"
diameter, 4 inches long tube to it.
The cannister fits over the end of the 1 1/4" shop vac hose. I then package
freezer Zip-Locs and zip them until there's only enough room to slip the tube
into bag. I lay the top of the bag on a folded bath towel and with my thumb and
forefinger, I push down on the "zipper" on each side of the tube and turn the
vacuum on. It pulls a vacuum, it will crush an empty pop can. Once the bag is
fully drawn around the contents, I slowly pull out the tube with the vacuum
running and immediately "zip" the remaining 1/4-1/2" unzipped seal. With a
little practice you can do this without losing any vacuum.
Sometimes I will reinforce the seal with clear packaging tape.

It will stay vacuum-sealed for a while, but eventually will lose that
vacuum. I've been sucking air out of Ziplocs (with a straw - much
easier than a shop-vac) (before freezing the bags and contents) for
years, and Ziplocs just won't stay air-tight.

N.