Subject: [Shop-talk] Blast cabinet, media

From: Darrell Walker <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:05:41 -0800

I’m thinking of using some Christmas money on a bench top blast cabinet.  I realize the small size will limit what I can blast, but that is about all the space I’m willing to allocate, and it should handle most of what I would be looking at blasting.

So a some questions for the list:

1.  For those of you with blast cabinets, do you find yourself using it more than you expected?  My first project would be cleaning up some suspension parts (mostly paint removal).  I think enough projects come along that it would be worth having one, but I would love to be surprised to find additional uses.

2.  What is a good all purpose, reusable media to use?  I would mostly be removing paint, and some surface rust.

3.  The first parts I would be cleaning have some machined surfaces (threaded holes, tapers, etc).  How careful do you need to be to protect those areas?  And what if the best way to do that?  One of the parts will be a strut tube, which includes the stub axle.  I’m thinking that wrapping that area in duct tape might be a good idea.

Thanks!
-Darrell

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Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA

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From: Pat Horne <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:43:10 -0600

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I didn=E2=80=99t get the original post so I am piggybacking on this post.=20=

Freestanding vs tabletop: I bought a tabletop from Eastwood. As designed it i=
s pretty poor. The bottom doesn=E2=80=99t slope enough to feed abrasive. I l=
eft the grate out & just work on the abrasive pile. It=E2=80=99s fine but so=
metimes it=E2=80=99s hard to find small parts. Freestanding would have been b=
etter but I bought it for a single care restoration so didn=E2=80=99t want t=
o spend the $$$. The light is a joke also. I=E2=80=99ve been waiting for a r=
eplacement window for 6 months. Keep saying it=E2=80=99s back ordered. I don=
=E2=80=99t recommend this unit but it=E2=80=99ll do.=20

Media: I use fine coal slag. $10/50 lbs @ Tractor Supply. Works great.=20

Like Eric says, mine is set up really to go.=20

Peace,
Pat

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On Dec 26, 2020, at 2:31 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

=EF=BB=BFTo answer the question about how useful a cabinet is that as long a=
s it is always 'ready to go' you will find lots of time it's handy.  For min=
e, I just turn on the air to the cabinet (valve right at unit) and flip on t=
he light.  If I am going to be blasting long, I'll flip on the exhaust as we=
ll.=20

But if I had to get it out, hook it up, move stuff around, I wouldn't use it=
 as much.=20

I keep AL oxide in mine.  It's very aggressive, but I'm mostly cleaning real=
ly rusty stuff.=20

Just my 2 cents worth=20

"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational be=
ing are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo E=
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I didn=E2=80=99t get the original post so I=
 am piggybacking on this post.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Freestanding vs tabl=
etop: I bought a tabletop from Eastwood. As designed it is pretty poor. The b=
ottom doesn=E2=80=99t slope enough to feed abrasive. I left the grate out &a=
mp; just work on the abrasive pile. It=E2=80=99s fine but sometimes it=E2=80=
=99s hard to find small parts. Freestanding would have been better but I bou=
ght it for a single care restoration so didn=E2=80=99t want to spend the $$$=
. The light is a joke also. I=E2=80=99ve been waiting for a replacement wind=
ow for 6 months. Keep saying it=E2=80=99s back ordered. I don=E2=80=99t reco=
mmend this unit but it=E2=80=99ll do.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Media: I=
 use fine coal slag. $10/50 lbs @ Tractor Supply. Works great.&nbsp;</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>Like Eric says, mine is set up really to go.&nbsp;</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Pat</div><div><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Pat Ho=
rne&nbsp;<div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Dec 26, 2020, at 2:31 PM, [email-masked] wrote:<br><b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">To an=
swer the question about how useful
a cabinet is that as long as it is always 'ready to go' you will find lots
of time it's handy. &nbsp;For mine, I just turn on the air to the cabinet
(valve right at unit) and flip on the light. &nbsp;If I am going to be
blasting long, I'll flip on the exhaust as well.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">But if I had to get it out, hook it=

up, move stuff around, I wouldn't use it as much.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I keep AL oxide in mine. &nbsp;It's=

very aggressive, but I'm mostly cleaning really rusty stuff.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Just my 2 cents worth</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
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being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
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