Hi Eric,
I plan to build my own blast cabinet too. I ordered the tptool.com plans
the other day.
I've never sand blasted before, so I'm a little clueless.
I had always heard that the pressurized systems were lots better than
the siphon, so I assumed the same advantages of pressurized over siphon
would outweigh the inconvenience of refilling the sand tank. But maybe
the differences are not so great when you consider the sand recycle is
"free" with siphon in a blast cabinet.
Did you build the blast cabinet from the tptools.com plans?
Don
Eric J Russell wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Is there a reason I can not use a pressure feed rather than siphon
> in a
> > blast cabinet?
>
> I built a blasting cabinet for a friend who used it with both siphon &
> pressure feeds. The disadvantage of the pressure feed is the need to
> stop and re-fill the media container - outside the cabinet. Plus the
> pressure feed hose is bulkier & stiffer - less 'wieldy'. The siphon
> feed continuously recycles the media into the lower half of the unit.
> He felt that the pressure feed was 'stronger' and thus useful for
> specific tasks.
>
> Eric
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