New sand blaster!!

[stubbysteve]

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[dopowa]

A homemade air/water seperator made from pipe.

My Franzinator - Shop Floor Talk

[steven Durham]

Good job should work just fine . Pneumatic control systems use a refrigeration system to remove air from the piping systems for all the controls like the pneumatic thermostats in hi rise building and dental offices use the same type of dryer for their high speed drills ( OUCH ) Steve

[smallbikes88]

i bought one of those cheap cabinets and it was a bitch to put together, but when it was done i found out that my air compressor was a little on the small side. its a good compressor a 33 gallon craftsman . it runs my air ratchet no problem, but the blaster requires a constant stream of 100 psi. I actrually do alot of blasting out side with a hand blaster and it works pretty good. but the sand gets all over. so i am gonna get a new compressor! Its funny i use to work a shop with nothing but blast cabinets and belts sanders die grinders and a $50,000 75 horse all computerized compressor with a 500 gallon tank compacity and i quit. now i need this stuff

[kbs8ball]

Blast cabinets demand alot of CFM... most home compressors cant keep up.

[VwDrvFnd]

Couple of years ago i started on my 93 SHO Taurus projectSHO PROJECT and needed to snadblast a bunch of parts I got one of those 99$ cheapo Syphon feed metal cabinets from Harbor Freight it worked great for the first couple of uses, I have been useing glass bead pretty much exclusivly, it leaves a nice clean smooth finish and will pretty much take off any paint/rust/cakedoncrap you can throw at it. I let the cabinet sit on the side of my house for about a year, in that time it pretty much turned to crap. The plastic lid deformed and the gloves got all nasty its pretty much useless now! I have been thinking I might get one of those canister style blasters where you fill the can its then pressurized and the media is forced out the nozzle end. To me it sounds like a much better design than the syphon feed guns? I was planning on turning an old 5' dia. kiddy pool into a small blasting booth. Wrapping the pool in chicken wire then zip tieing on a cheapo blue tarp to act as the sides. I think the depth of the pool and the tarp sides should allow me to reclaim most of my blast media to reuse it! The pool would be big enough to let me blast something like an engine block, transmission housing, or a good sized minibike frame! Oh yea i forgot We use a 5hp 60 gallon 100% duty cycle Ingersol compressor It works like a champ best 900$ I ever spent we use it almost everyday!the Black one is are old compressor it likes to eat bearings!

[dave dickson]

I bought a sandblaster from harbor freight about a week ago, haven't taken the time to check it out yet , but that will be coming soon, I did take a good look at it, and it looks like an old propane tank, with the valve removed and replaced with a cap that you can screw on , there is a drain in the bottom, for the sand to come out the hose, I'll post some pics of it at a later date if anyone is concerned, looks like it could be made with minimal shop experience. The valves look to be the most expencive parts, i think theres 6.
dave

[smallbikes88]

i just bought a old ingersol rand 60 gallon compressor but i need to have it wired up and i cant wait becuase i can finnaly get to use the compressor i bought. its been sitting for awhile inside so its still ok.

[BANKS2878]

you guys know of any good cheap sand blasting units i been wanting one!!

[spacecoastz]

For those who didn't know, sandblasting is very bad for your lungs. So take proper precautions. Do a search on silicosis. It ain't pretty. Then there is the paint and rust that your vaporizing as well. Wear proper safety gear gents.