So thought is continue this thread on.
My vac pump finally arrived in Darwin today, all the way from Finland.
Postnord forgot to tell me ( or just plain didnt mention in general) that it would be delivered via aust post once it landed in OZ.
So up until this monday the only update i had once it landed early last week was "it is in customs ( in aus ) being cleared"...... i had no idea of what was happening for almost a week, and was almost ready to get angry through ebay.
Even with the total lack of packing ( see pics) it still worked ( thank &*^%!!!!), there was some random token air pillow on the top of a piece of cardboard and the rest was left up to the universe to be here in one piece...a little annoyed.
On a brighter note, it did come with some free items, almost a foot of 8mm tubing, a swivel adaptor and a normal push in fitting at the other end.
Some sort of siemens control item ( probably bin this...)
A rectangle tee piece
An smc kk4s female connector.
And finally a whole lot of white powder, this could be either dust, sand, cocaine, or something very cancerous, not to sure on this, but the filter works as only one half was covered, and the other side was clear.
After wiring in a new lead, i swapped over the fitting from my little vac pump and gave it a whirl - works soooo much better that the little thing i had before!
It definately has more holding pressure, but until some more items arrive i dont know how much its generating.
The 3rd party air filter arrived earlier this week ( found out about this on this site also) - at about 1/5th price of the festool version.
I got this particular fuel/air filter as i plan on getting the foam insert and maybe a systainer to 'hide' it in, and would like it to be somewhat vac pump like.
Ive ordered most items available from festool spares for the vac pump, and they should be here in about 2-3 weeks.
The official festool hose is currently snailing its way from the USA, as well as an amazon elcheapo version that i can massacre with impunity.
Only this left is to either go prevost, smc or festool fittings, without being caught and killed by my wife, but this may also have to wait till we get back from South Korea and Japan in september/october.
