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> Sand Blasting Cabinet, Time for some new stuff
bigkensteele
post Dec 14 2011, 10:26 PM
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I built this one about six years ago out of 3/4"particle board and 2x4's , Granger goves and HF gun. I use glass and aluminim ox. with a 5hp , 30gal compressor. It works , but a bigger compressor would be nice. The cabinet is 2x2x4.

And it gets hot enough to cook on top of it too! That is certainly an added bonus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Dec 14 2011, 10:26 PM
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This cabinet the inside is 34"W X 22"D X 15/22"H
The door is >22"W X 10/17"H

It will do a wheel but it is cramped.
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post Dec 14 2011, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Dec 14 2011, 08:26 PM) *

This cabinet the inside is 34"W X 22"D X 15/22"H
The door is >22"W X 10/17"H

It will do a wheel but it is cramped.



Well thats not a bad size. A rim would be max that I would want to do.
I mean, bigger sand blaster would mean bigger oven later on which could lead to a legit shop rather than a house garage... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Dec 14 2011, 10:40 PM
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I saw a pic that someone posted awhile back that they made as a wood cabinet.
I liked the size of it, as I want to be able to get the front A arms into it or possibly a door and have room to work. I've got an infrared oven at work that i'll look to powdercoat with.



jsconst built a very nice, large blast cabinet.

I just finished a powder coating oven made from an old incubator.
Not sure why I got two pics
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post Dec 14 2011, 11:20 PM
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This is the one I built, 48" x 24" 32" height. Wanted to be able to fit larger items than the store bought ones offered, plus mine was about $100 in materials.
Great to have though, you won't regret getting one.

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post Dec 15 2011, 12:15 AM
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I used to have the one you are looking at but it took up a lot of space and I couldn't move it around.

This time I picked up two HF bargains - their bench top blaster and their tool cart, and married them together.

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The only drawback is that it is not tremendously large inside, but I use my buddy's blaster for the big stuff.
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post Dec 15 2011, 06:43 AM
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If you wanted to post more pictures in here mrbubblehead it would be great!


What are people using for compressors to keep up? What psi and if you have an idea of CFM?


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Think Bigger rather than minimum acceptable, than you can run power tools also. The price dif overtime is small.
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post Dec 15 2011, 08:23 AM
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You really need a 240V compressor with a large tank or you will be very frustrated, quickly.

Good blasting takes lots of air flowing at 60-90 psi. Sometimes lower PSI works better, especially with glass media. 90 psi turns the media into dust quickly.

You need dryers in your air lines because drops of moisture cause the media to clump and quickly clog up your gun. This is a big problem in humid climates maybe not so much up north.

McMark posted about a high quality gun he bought that saved a lot of time, can't remember the brand. The cheap guns can take a lot of fiddling to get good constant flow.

When your blaster is working right, it is like magic.

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post Dec 15 2011, 08:40 AM
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You need dryers in your air lines because drops of moisture cause the media to clump and quickly clog up your gun. This is a big problem in humid climates maybe not so much up north.


A good trap will work here, but you also need a regulator. I run two traps and when I paint I put one of those disposable water separators on the gun.

Cheap hobby, eh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Dec 15 2011, 10:54 AM
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This Harbour Freight store seams like its god in the States for cheaper tools. We don't get that in Canada. We get Princess Auto but not the same prices. How long would you get out of a tip?

About 4-6 hr's. with sand. It mainly depends upon the media that is used.
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post Dec 15 2011, 12:32 PM
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I bought both the harbor freight blast cabinet and their 40lb soda blaster. I drilled a hole in the cabinet and put a grommet to run the soda line. Gives me the best of both worlds. I can run heavier media in the cabinet itself with that gun, or switch to the soda for finer stuff or where I don't need to be as agressive. And do it at all hours of the day.

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post Dec 16 2011, 11:07 AM
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I've never done any sandblasting, have only seen it done at a cemetary while I was visiting my grandmother (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ... and the guy doing it had no cabinet. I am wondering about the material that gets blasted, it mixes with the sand/media? And then what, becomes part of the blasting agent to be reused? Or the sand/media gets used only once? Does that substance get broken down small enough to go through the gun if it does get reused?
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post Dec 16 2011, 12:20 PM
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I bought both the harbor freight blast cabinet and their 40lb soda blaster. I drilled a hole in the cabinet and put a grommet to run the soda line. Gives me the best of both worlds. I can run heavier media in the cabinet itself with that gun, or switch to the soda for finer stuff or where I don't need to be as agressive. And do it at all hours of the day.

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Your Harbor Freight blast cabinet and the Princess Auto cabinet are the exact same cabinets, only the colour and stickers are different.
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