I would avoid the one I bought from Harbor Freight #38440-7VGA. Although
it is a nice size and with the flip top I can glass bead a TR3 wheel or
cylinder head. The problem with it is the bottom only angles in from the
front and back so the pick-up ends up uncovered after a few minutes of
blasting and then it take a minute or two to get it to start feeding
again once it is covered. Find one that the pick up is built into the
bottom of a funnel shaped hopper so that gravity is helping feed the
pickup. My cheap and nasty solution with my cabinet has been to hook the
pickup tube to the bottom of a funnel I scoop the funnel full of media
before blasting and hang it from the corner of the cabinet doing it
this way it works ok but you have to keep filling the funnel from the
hopper. In the future I'll modify the hopper in the cabinet to have a
better pickup.
Doug Hamilton
1960 Triumph TR3A
1963 Fiat Cabriolet
>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:46:20 -0500
>From: Anthony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
>Subject: blast cabinet needed
>
>I am looking for recommendations for a small blast cabinet. I am on a
>budget, but it is slightly flexible. I am looking for a small bench-top
>sand blasting cabinet. Are there any that you would recommend that I
>consider or avoid?
>
>- -Tony
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