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.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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