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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ [MPC] Crappy tools suck !!!!!!

Posted by: Mueller Apr 19 2003, 12:31 PM

Bought a sandblast cabinet a few days ago...I assembled it yesterday and in the process found a few screws missing, luckly I have a pretty good stock of hardware here at work.

now the good part....I drive my happy ass 50+ miles into work today to test the cabinet and blast clean a set of trailing arms and a few pair of front a-arms....

Guess what...the damn thing does not work

I take apart the nozzle and some dumb shit forgot to drill the passage way for the media to get sucked up via the venturi....can you believe this??? Now I have to wait for my darn Makita to charge since a co-worker used it and didn't put the battery back on the charger after draining the damn thing.....

Hopefully I can get this thing drilled and fixed before Jon Watts makes it up here....he won't be a happy camper either

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 19 2003, 12:36 PM

Um.. Mike

Shoot some pics of the gun and the piece your referring to.

B

Posted by: Mueller Apr 19 2003, 12:41 PM

Camera is at home...I have another gun at home as well...it's a Craftsman which worked fine with my pressure blaster, I just don't want to drive home and then back...so I'll try and "fix" this one or go home pissed off........

Posted by: Mueller Apr 19 2003, 01:46 PM

Got it working

It works good, but I thought the 70grit aluminum oxide would remove the paint and rust a little faster than it is.

Oh well, it beats paying a minimum charge of $55 per lot had I taken the parts to a sandblaster.

Posted by: Gint Apr 19 2003, 02:23 PM

It takes a while to blast control arms, front OR rear. Porsche put some VERY durable paint on those bad boys.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 20 2003, 01:44 PM

Yeah.. they called it "Powdercoating"

If you add up your time/electricity/and cost of abrasive... 55$ is cheap.

B << has blast cabinet not hooked up.

Posted by: Gint Apr 20 2003, 06:55 PM

I didn't realize that the factory powder coated them. But I've blasted that I KNEW were powder coated before, and that would certainly explain why the're such a bitch to do.