Vacuum pumping play with a milking machine

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     This article will focus on the "BABSON SURGE BUCKET MILKER" in particular, but the principals are similar. Babson surge milkers are readily available on E-bay, ETSY, and other sites. In farming communities they are sold in various conditions in local newspapers. Under most circumstances you'll need to clean and rebuild the pulsator unit. You will need in addition to a working milking machine;

• a vacuum pump (3 cfm unit) (Harbor Freight)
• heavy vinyl hose to lengthen the connection from the pulsator to the teat cups
• plumbers silicone grease (Home Depot)
• RECTORSEAL TRU-BLUE sealant (Home Depot)
• vacuum relief valve (Grainger Supply)
• vacuum line caps (O'Reilly Auto Parts)
• brass plumbing fittings
• pulsator rebuild kit (Hanby Dairy Supply)
• Turtle Wax inside and out protectant (Home Depot)

     You can get a pulsator rebuild kit very easily from HANBY DAIRY SUPPLY. I recommend the pulsator rebuild kit with oil. You will also need cheap basic pipe cleaners, and some spray carburetor cleaner as well. Once you disassemble the pulsator completely, flush out the stainless steel body of the pulsator completely with carb cleaner, and run pipe cleaners though the various passages, then replace all the parts and oil thoroughly. 

     Since your not using the milker to actually milk productively, a simple modification will keep the system more compact and improve the vacuum pump performance. there is a small valve that sits between the milk tank and the pulsator, it's below the pulsator unit, remove this valve and reattach the pulsator, put silicone plumbers faucet grease on the o-rings and a thin layer on the milk tank lid's rubber seal. This modification will turn the milk tank into a vacuum buffer/storage tank. The vacuum pump that I listed above is for air-condition/refrigeration work, you'll need to remove the ACME hose fittings, and put some brass plumbing fittings in place of them with hose barbs to connect the vinyl hose from the pump to the milker, and a brass "T" between the pump and the milker to install the Vacuum relief valve to regulate the level of vacuum your applying. Seal the brass fitting with the rectorseal tru blue (teflon tape and regular rector seal will leak vacuum due to vibration!). There are three size of teat cups available for the babson surge, you'll have to experiment to see what works best for you. Always clean the rubber sleeves in the teat cups with mild soap and water, dry, them spray them with the "TURTLE WAX INSIDE AND OUT PROTECTANT" to protect the rubber from deterioration.

     The previous paragraph speaks of modifications good for general use, and for specifically using teat cups for nipple pumping. For vaginal/labia pump you can cap the vacuum line going to a teat cup, and connect a vaginal/labia (pussy pumping) cup sex toy to it, so you only have the pulsator line working the cup. The same modification will work for penis pumping as well, simple connect a penis pump to the pulsator connection, and cap off the vacuum line.

     As a final note, I would keep at least one extra rebuild kit on hand, if you keep the leather parts oiled, they will last forever, but every now and then they break or tear, or if unused for too long, the leather can dry out. Always check the pulsator leather seals before using, and oil first, otherwise you can tear a dried out leather, and ruin a working leather seal.