How to convert a fridge into a connected vacuum pump

I wanted a vacuum pump to laminate RC planes wings using the “vacuum bagging” technics.

This project is how to reuse a fridge compressor to build the vacuum pump.

The full project is open source and open hardware. You can find it on my hackaday’s pages here :

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I finally tested this pump on a real foam cut stabilizer.
And it worked very well.


And final result is satisfying although not perfect:

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