OT new shop tool OT

[Plymouthy Adams]

This is the sandblaster my friend gave me last weekend that I have been working on a bit this past week.....new cosmetics refinish, added a water separator, shop vac attacment, couple fittings a a hose or two and we be ready to roll..

Cabinet was acid etched inside due to long extend use in the past and to kill the surface rust...then sanded, primed with Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer, after this cured, it was scuffed with a 3M scruffy pad, wiped with solvent and sprayed.

Phorsphoric Acid

Rustoluem Rusty Metal Primer

Rustoleum High Gloss White

Rustoleum High Gloss Smoke Gray

BASF Acrylic Enamel Hardener

Limco Silicone Eliminator

Linco Enamal Reducer..

Ratio 8 parts paint; 4 parts reducer; 1 part hardener and about 4 drop of silicone eliminator.

Edited June 26, 2010 by Tim Adams

[Oldguy48]

Wow...looks great. I'd like to have one of those.

[Robert Horne]

would make a good barbeque grill also.

[P-12 Tommy]

Good edition to your garage. Good score.

Tom

[wayfarerstranger]

U r true artist !!!!!!!!!!!

[Don Coatney]

Why did you not sandblast the interior:cool:

[Flatie46]

That'll be real handy, I bet you'll get alotta use from it. I use the one at work quite a bit it looks just like yours. We have problems with the one at work from people blasting oily parts then the sand clumps up like kitty litter and clogs. No matter how much you tell 'em they wont listen.

[Greenbomb]

Duh, won't listen to what?

Yeah- I know what you mean!

[Plymouthy Adams]

Why did you not sandblast the interior:cool:

Trust me I thought of it..but it was all apart and when I picked it up..so I just did the next best thing..AND there was no way in hang I was going to dress out in long sleeves, mask, hood etc etc to use the pressure blaster..just too dang hot for that noise..!

[PatS....]

Looks good, Tim. I'd love to have one of those...especially at that price!

What does the shop vac do? Haven't seen one attached to a cabinet blaster before.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Well made units will have a dust removing system while in operation, this unit came with a side mounted blower motor that would remove the dust..the exit of the cabinet where the vac attaches is the baffled exhaust orifice so you will not remove large reusable grit..note the square in the second picture..this is the baffle and in picture number 3 is the round hole for fresh air intake on the opposite side so to create a draft/current. I mimicked the operation of my much larger cabinet I have in the building out back as it has a vacuum cleaner attachement also. The vac will allow the dust to be collected and not exhausted into the general area..otherwise you shop will get all this dust floating about..not good for you or your cars/tools etc..especially if you consider you will be blasting old parts that possibily contain leads or other heavy metals, zinc, chrominum etc etc

Edited June 27, 2010 by Tim Adams