Buying a vacuum gauge? What store ????

[TerryEspo]

I want to buy a vacuum gauge to play around with.

Ebay I see them, but hope to buy one locally.

Tried Walmart, cant find one online from Walmart. What kind of store do I look at, automotive store ? Welding shop ? Scuba store ? What occupation uses the vacuum gauge we use for sapping?

I never realized buying a small item was so difficult.

Thank-you in advance.

Terry

[adk1]

I bought mine at a restaurant, plumbing, h/v/a/c store. Only ran a couple of bucks

[Risingsweetnesssugarshack]

Just picked up gauges at F.W Webb for 3 dollars and some change.

[Amber Gold]

Ditto Risingsweetness. It's where I get mine from. They're cheap enough that if they fail, just throw them out.

[Bucket Head]

Three dollars and change? Huh? I just bought some today from the local F.W. Webb and they were $5.72! I want to speak to the manager right now!!

Like Amber Gold said, cheap enough if they get ruined somehow. If they still work next year, great. If not, oh well.

[maple flats]

I bought mine at a local plumbing store catering to professional plumbers. The best price seemed to be on them seemed to be one that goes both ways from zero- vacuum/PSI. I paid $4.95 last year. Then if you want to permanently install it the cheapest way I found was to use a T, a length of lateral tubing and a barb x 1/4" female fitting. I found those at West Virginia Mapler's, I got a bunch to mount them in many spots. To put them on mains, try Lowe's. In their plastic fittings for their black poly pipe they have barb x 1/2 threaded elbows and tees. Then reduce the 1/2 to 1/4" using a bushing and you can install a gauge at either the start or end of a main (or both).

[Russell Lampron]

I bought mine at a local plumbing store catering to professional plumbers. The best price seemed to be on them seemed to be one that goes both ways from zero- vacuum/PSI. I paid $4.95 last year. Then if you want to permanently install it the cheapest way I found was to use a T, a length of lateral tubing and a barb x 1/4" female fitting. I found those at West Virginia Mapler's, I got a bunch to mount them in many spots. To put them on mains, try Lowe's. In their plastic fittings for their black poly pipe they have barb x 1/2 threaded elbows and tees. Then reduce the 1/2 to 1/4" using a bushing and you can install a gauge at either the start or end of a main (or both).

If you don't want to cut into your mainline to put in the barb fitting you can use a 5/16" manifold and adapt your vacuum gauge to the 5/16" fitting.

[CharlieR]

Three dollars and change? Huh? I just bought some today from the local F.W. Webb and they were $5.72! I want to speak to the manager right now!!

I just picked up a couple from F.W. Webb and paid $8 a piece......!!

[TerryEspo]

Called hvac stores, plumbing stores, auto part stores, building supply stores,,,,,NADDA.

I cant believe how difficult such a small item is to buy. Some of my local stores have vacuum kits but start around $30, for cars fuel pumps or something. Doesn't sound like what I want.

Ebay would be my only option but would end up costing me around $20.00 for one. Cant justify that price, so not ordering from Ebay.

Happy this didn't happen when buying tubing or spiles !!

Terry

[psparr]

I ordered mine from eBay. Got six of them stainless. Cost $35 total and they came from Canada. I'll look back through my eBay stuff and see if I can find you a link.

[psparr]

Won't let me look back that far. Sorry.

[lakeview maple]

FW Webb , they have a maple supply section , I picked up 15 of them for 3.79 a piece

[lpakiz]

Psparr and others,
Today I made a discovery about PayPal. You can log in and find every purchase you ever made, along with a description of the item. Purchases no more than 2 years old come with a link to take you to the original EBay auction, if that is where the charge came from. Look for "activity" then "all activity". When the listing comes up,click ion it to expand it and all that info pops up. You can pick from 2015 and 2016, and there is a drop down box where you can enter custom dates or ranges of dates. Gonna make tax deductions more complete, and verifications a snap.

[TerryEspo]

Going back to Ebay to see if I can find a Canada seller.
Thanks for the heads up PSPARR.

Terry

[CharlieR]

I just picked up a couple from F.W. Webb and paid $8 a piece......!!

Sorry, just checked the invoice they were $3.74 a piece!! Go talk to the manager....!!!

[SeanD]

Sorry, just checked the invoice they were $3.74 a piece!! Go talk to the manager....!!!

CharlieR from Holliston? Hmmmm... Hey wait a second! Welcome to the Trader! You didn't clear out the vac. gauges did you? I'm heading down there tomorrow or Friday.

[Bucket Head]

Guy's,

I returned the first one's and ordered these from F.W. Webb. Product #427879, Product Code #BSHPGV-30 Cost- $3.56

Thanks to a local sugarmaker near me who gave me the numbers to ask for!

[SeanD]

Thanks for that info! Let's just say the FW Webb down here in the flatter lands is not in the same loop as those up north. The guy looked at me like I had five heads. I'm not kidding when I tell you the guy told me he'd been working there for five years and had never heard of such a thing. I have to give him credit, though. He stuck with me and we eventually found a random one on a shelf. He looked up the number and is the last one and it is $14 and change. I asked about a cheaper version and he said he had no way of looking it up.

Now he does. Thanks for that number. I'll call them tomorrow.

I was able to get a 1/4" FPT by 1/4" hose barb for the gauge, but it is too big for the 3/16" tubing I'm using. I think I saw a 1/8" barb to try, but I'm worried it will be too small. You don't happen to have a part number for a 3/16" barb fitting do you?

Sean

[markct]

After chasing around town to get one local you could have simply ordered one from mcmaster carr and had it show up in less than 24 hours, i like to buy the big ones that abe 4.5 inch diameter i believe, i put them on a tree near the road or trail and can check my bush vac level driving by at 30mph

[Bucket Head]

SeanD,

I didn't get the fittings from Webb. The 1/4" female to 3/16' barb fittings I have came from Dominion & Grimm. Do you have a dealer near you? If not just call the closest one to you. Or if you have a hardware store near you they may have a decent selection of nylon fittings. But decent, old fashioned hardware stores are getting hard to find... McMaster Carr has them also, I believe, but I do not know what the numbers are to them.

Or get a 1/4" female to 5/16' barb fitting and a 5/16" to 3/16" barb to barb fitting (from a CDL dealer) and use a short piece of 5/16' sap tubing.

[regor0]

I ju add the got some from materialsdirect.com or direct materials.com, can't remember which, for less than 4 bucks a piece.

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[The Sweet Spot]

Amazon: I just bought 6 for $2.59 each. Put them in your basket and let them sit for a while. They will put them on special and give you a better price.
First time I tried it, and it did work.

[Fireguy]

I got mine from materials direct.com also. If you guys down south are having trouble with fw Webb try calling Sam at the saint j store or hoss at the Rutland store. They both know their maple products well and can ship to Webb near you.