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Re: Wire wheel sandblasting??

To: <DShoop7572@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Wire wheel sandblasting??
From: "Bill Brewer" <bbrewer@lightspeed.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:43:54 -0800
Cc: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Hey Dave,
     I have the same sand blasting set up. FWIW- it is not all that good,
but it can work. I use a battery operated children's toy that looks like a
knobby ball that has an unbalanced gimbled weight in the middle to be a
vibrator to keep the media flowing. (The toy was supposed to vibrate and
walk itself around the floor). I rigged the sand hopper at an angle to put
the hopper discharge at the bottom. I keep the media transport hose as
straight and short as possible. I hang the sand hopper directly above the
job. I get the blasting media for free from work.
     Since rigging this, I have found that at my company we have piped
compressed air that provides 800 cfm at 120 psi. I could sandblast the rust
off of the Titanic with this rig.
     Bill Brewer, Tehachapi, CA



-----Original Message-----
From: DShoop7572@aol.com <DShoop7572@aol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: Wire wheel sandblasting??


>
>    Hello,
>        I have a 25 gallon Craftsman compressor and purchased a craftsman
>sand blaster. I have yet to use it. Has anyone tried to blast wire wheels
at
>home with comparable equipment? Is this a reasonable task?
>
>                            Thanks to all who have responded to previous
posts
>                            Dave
>



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