Thread: Is this a good deal on a sand blasting cabinet?

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I have never owned a blasting cabinet,so don't know what is good for the price.I have been researching cabinets and came across this one in classic trucks magazine ,and now on e-bayhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TP-TO...QQcmdZViewItem

well, at the autoshop we have a huge snap on 1, but it's not nearly as nice as that 1.

Not too bad of a price for what you get. I built my own using some 18 gauge and the blasting components from Grainer Supply catalog. Main reason I built one was to get the size I wanted. Also scored a dust evac unit from a business in town that installed a larger unit. For shop use, the one you linked looks like a decent price and should work fine for home use.

I've got two of the large Harbor Freight units, and I have got to do some modifying on them. I am going to add a dust collector of some sort, because the dust flying around inside makes it hard to see. Secondly, I am going to put a bigger light inside, for the same reason.

The one you are looking at looks nice. This is one of those "how did I ever live without it tools." However, you need a really good compressor to keep up, or you stop and wait for it to catch up.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I've got two of the large Harbor Freight units, and I have got to do some modifying on them. I am going to add a dust collector of some sort, because the dust flying around inside makes it hard to see. Secondly, I am going to put a bigger light inside, for the same reason.

The one you are looking at looks nice. This is one of those "how did I ever live without it tools." However, you need a really good compressor to keep up, or you stop and wait for it to catch up.


Don

can't be as bad as the snap on 1 we have at school. it was a nice unit, but b4 I was enrolled in the class, a year or so b4, sombody decided it would be a good idea to blast the INSIDE OF THE WINDOW, now ya can't see much, and sombody got angry because of the hazed window, and punched the window, and it has a crack too.

I have a friend who built a nice big cabinet out of 3/4" plywood. Don't laugh---it worked great. He welded up a metal "grate" to rest the parts on, used an old peice of 1/8" plate for a "backsplash". He was able to put in a huge hinged door with a gasket---the door opens outward, and he hooked up an old shop vac for a 'dust evacuation" system, and the negative pressure it creates keeps the door tight shut when its being used.

TIP Tools is the place for blasting supplies. The only drawback for this
cabinet is the size....think about getting a full sized wheel in the cabinet
and then having your hand holding the gun.....you need a depth of at
least a foot more than the largest piece....or more.

TIP also sells do it yourself kits if you have the inkling to do your own.

They have a web site....

If you dont do greasy parts, the media will last quite a while...we use
only glass beads in ours and forbid oil and grease on parts that get
blasted.

mike in tucson