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| biosurfer1 |
 Nov 3 2012, 05:10 PM
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Up until now, I've mainly used my media blaster for small items that only took a minute or two to blast, but I got some trailing arms recently and now I'm starting to have problems I never noticed.
First, I know my compressor is too small, but usually I just have to wait for it to catch up, annoying but it works. Now I seem to be having trouble picking up media. I have a hard plastic tube roughly 2ft long going through the grate into the media, then another foot or some flex tubing to the gun. It grabs some media, sometimes more than others but I'm not sure where I'm lacking. I just changed to the hard tube/flex set up, before I just had flex tube directly into the media container. Is it just the compressor is too small? Any way to help pick up media better? This is the blast cabinet I have:  And this is like the compressor I got:  |
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biosurfer1 Need help with my media blaster Nov 3 2012, 05:10 PM
quadracerx Do you have a good Water Separator and drain in th... Nov 3 2012, 05:19 PM okieflyr I have the same compressor and have used it for me... Nov 3 2012, 05:21 PM biosurfer1 I do have a water separator, but not exactly sure ... Nov 3 2012, 05:34 PM okieflyr There is a relatively rcent thread discussing comp... Nov 3 2012, 05:41 PM ConeDodger A little trick McMark taught me and apparently, he... Nov 3 2012, 05:57 PM Krieger :agree: and keep it plugged and let it blow out t... Nov 3 2012, 06:39 PM two-strokejohn I have the same hf unit and it occasionally clogs ... Nov 3 2012, 07:42 PM Griffinroydonald Please think about moving your media storage to th... Nov 3 2012, 07:45 PM charliew I myself would not try to blast trailing arms with... Nov 3 2012, 08:00 PM scotty b I disagree with Charlie. I keep glass bead only in... Nov 3 2012, 08:44 PM PRS914-6 Putting your hand firmly over the nozzle to back p... Nov 3 2012, 10:21 PM mrbubblehead i turned mine into a pressure feed system. now my ... Nov 3 2012, 11:06 PM toolguy At the bottom where the gun picks up the media, th... Nov 4 2012, 12:08 AM bulitt Is the pick up tube secured at the bottom of the c... Nov 4 2012, 04:32 AM mr914 Couple of thoughts
I have the same HF blast cab... Nov 4 2012, 05:10 AM 76-914 I duct taped a worn out orbital sander to the top ... Nov 4 2012, 06:23 AM ConeDodger Paul has a good point. Mine seems to clog more as ... Nov 4 2012, 09:00 AM 914Sixer I have the same cabinet. I have 2 inline water tr... Nov 4 2012, 10:30 AM PRS914-6 Brett, before you go run out and buy a new compres... Nov 4 2012, 10:54 AM stugray You could also try switching to aluminum-oxide (sa... Nov 4 2012, 11:36 AM biosurfer1 I am running aluminum oxide, it works great but pi... Nov 4 2012, 01:06 PM
ScoopLV I am quite an idiot. I clicked on this thread thin... Nov 4 2012, 07:15 PM  |
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