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Re: Sandblaster Recommendation

To: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sandblaster Recommendation
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:38:50 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
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Timothy H. Collins wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I am considering the purchase of a pressurized sandblaster unit. 

I started with the horrible freight cheapo. Other than replumbing it out 
of the box, it was a decent unit for the $$.
Just use some Yankee ingenuity and a little bit of 3/8 cpvc tubing to 
get rid of the stab it in the sand tube. Unless they redesigned it from 
my old one of 10 years or so ago.
Also those plastic glass shields are a joke. I buy a new piece of glass 
for mine every 1.5 - 2 years when it gets fogged out. The plastic foggs 
out in a few minutes. Don't aim at the glass and it should be Ok for at 
least a year. I get 2-3 cars out of a piece of glass. Local glass shop 
makes me tempered glass for a a few bucks. You want tempered glass in 
case you whack it with a metal part, it will save your hands.
I also stuck my own lamp inside the box, ,akes seeing a bit easier.
So far I am amazed at how long a bulb lasts inside the box. Of course 
smashing a manifold agaist the bulb doesn't help.

I have since moved up to an Eastwood unit but it was the same chinese 
made poor designed pick up system too. So improve it right out of the 
box for years of trouble free blasting. I use glass beads for most 
stuff, they do not remove any metal. Aluminum oxide works great on rust 
and heavy paint, don't use it on aluminum though or you can watch the 
aluminum evaporate.


-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ





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