n8in8or
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Interesting, Skat Blast (the company that made this one) makes parts to upgrade Harbor Freight ones. I’ll look into it, thanks.
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Thank you for the link. That setup makes sense. I did some searching to see if that was an improvement over the Skat Blast design, and while I didn’t find a direct comparison, it did seem like that is what people are doing to make a cheap cabinet (like a HF unit) perform as well as a Skat Blast unit. The consumables were neglected and all worn out, now that I’ve replaced them it gave me a couple hours of blasting trouble-free yesterday. I started with the small nozzle, but was able to step up to the medium and my compressor kept up ok. My only gripe now is lighting, so I’ll likely do something to improve that.
I've got 2 of the small clamp type lights with the shroud thing taped to my window, it works very well for lighting ..Thank you for the link. That setup makes sense. I did some searching to see if that was an improvement over the Skat Blast design, and while I didn’t find a direct comparison, it did seem like that is what people are doing to make a cheap cabinet (like a HF unit) perform as well as a Skat Blast unit. The consumables were neglected and all worn out, now that I’ve replaced them it gave me a couple hours of blasting trouble-free yesterday. I started with the small nozzle, but was able to step up to the medium and my compressor kept up ok. My only gripe now is lighting, so I’ll likely do something to improve that.
The filter unit I mounted to the cabinet is reading 80psi with the gun running.@n8in8or , what air pressure are you using? Are you using sand?
My needs are a bit different, I only use 100-120 grit brown aluminum oxide media @ 35 psi on aluminum parts and 45 psi on iron...
I have to strip any painted or coated parts to prevent contamination first.
Can you share a pic of your lighting setup sometime?I've got 2 of the small clamp type lights with the shroud thing taped to my window, it works very well for lighting ..
I assume you're referring to the steering gearbox? I debated about how I wanted to tackle that. I ultimately decided to sandblast it, but be careful to not direct the blast directly at the input or output shafts. I'm also going to replace the seals, which should further mitigate any contamination.I never blast components containing bearings or seals.
Juz sayin.
Oh no, not addicted. I would have cleaned all of this stuff up anyway, it was just a lot nicer having the sandblaster to do it with. I'm very ready for this part of the project to be over.....cleaning and painting sucks.LOL looks like someone has been busy feeding that addiction to the sandblaster!