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Re: Building a blast cabinet from a kit

To: doug@dougbraun.com
Subject: Re: Building a blast cabinet from a kit
From: ericm@lne.com
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:10:23 -0800

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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 04:20:33PM -0500, doug@dougbraun.com wrote:
> 
> I just got a blast cabinet kit from TP Tools.  (It has the gun, plumbing, 
>gloves, window, etc., etc.)
> Their plans suggest building the cabinet out of 3/4" plywood, and it needs 
>almost 2 sheets.
> This means the cabinet will weigh over 200 lbs by the time I finish it.   Has 
>anyone built one
> of these?  Do you think it is possible to use thinner wood for some or all of 
>it,
> possibly with strategic reinforcing ribs, etc?


Even if you get it down to half the weight, once you load a bucket of
blasting material in there it'll be pretty heavy.

If you want to be able to move it around the garage, you could just put
it on wheels.

Eric




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