Hi All-

Tool catalogs have had manual vacuum pumps and bags in them for a while, but I was pretty psyched to see a commercial last night for a new ziploc freezer bag that comes with a vacuum pump to suck the air out of the bag. Very useful for woodworking to be sure, but you really don't need much vacuum to laminate fabrics, so I'm sure it would work if your intended part were small enough. I have a non-kayak project that I'll be doing in the next couple of weeks that I plan to use it for, and I will carefully photo-document and post the results. In the meantime, a link to the page on the product from their web site is below if you want to try and beat me to the punch... Imagine- disposable vacuum bags? For $4? Are you kidding?

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