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Re: Photos of the Blast Cabinet I Built

To: Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net>,
Subject: Re: Photos of the Blast Cabinet I Built
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
--- Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net> wrote:

> 
> Very nice Doug! Looks great painted.

I used the paint that was lying around: Grey
latex floor paint outside, and white oil floor
paint inside.


> Mine has wooden legs, I used 1/2 plywood as a
> compromise between 
> strength & weight, and I put a sheet of resist
> (rubber sheet used for 
> making sand-blast design stencils) on the back wall.

I used 3/4" plywood, and it is indeed heavy, but
it has those adjustable plastic-tipped appliance feet,
and I can slide/drag it around fairly easily.

> The trickiest part of construction was the hopper
> part. Don't know 
> exactly what you call the shape - an upside down
> rectangular pyramid. 
> I tried to calculate angles but ended up cutting
> parts slightly 
> over-size and then trimming/sanding things to fit.

Yep.  The edges of the hopper have a few
not-quite-right angles, but some caulking took
care of that.


Doug




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