In article .com,
"Mike R. Courteau" wrote:

I have an adapter for vacuum chucking on my DVR. The thing is
basically a sealed bearing and a shaft which fit into the handwheel.
The included information states that it is to be used with a vacuum
cleaner as a vacuum source. Has anyone rigged one up to use a proper
vacuum pump and what are the specific requirements/alterations to do,
if it can be done?

I haven't. I use a high-lift vacuum. But others have, it has been
discussed on the MSN Nova e-mail group. As I recall, you attach the
vacuum to the shaft, but COVER the holes (most vacuums use air-flow to
cool the motor). I'm fairly certain it's also touched on someplace in
the Teknatool documentation

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