[Shop-talk] Harbor Freight testimonial

[Karl Vacek]

That's a point - no regulator or water separator included on this model 
either.  But it does have a 24" fluorescent light mounted in its own housing 
on top of the cabinet, sealed off with glass (even protective plastic sheets 
installed for the light and window, and a few spares).  Even the light 
switch on the outside of the cabinet has a membrane over it to keep grit 
out.

Also - someone posted to advise me to caulk the seams as he had to do with 
his TIP cabinet.  I forgot to mention that -- besides an excellent paint 
(powder coat?) finish, no sharp edges, etc., they beautifully silicone 
caulked every seam - everything that might leak.  They properly pre-applied 
all the sealing foam strips on the mating surfaces you have to assemble (and 
might want to take apart again some day) - no smashed roll of junk foam that 
you'd need to replace with decent stuff - everything is already done, and 
really nice.

I feel even better about not having the TIP cabinet now.

It pains me to say this, because I'm a Made in USA kind of guy - but this is 
a really nice product.

Karl





>I have it's little brother,
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42202
> which I got several years ago for about half the list price.  Other than 
> being somewhat limited in what I can jam into it, it works fine.  I use 
> mostly glass beads in it.   I upgraded to a slightly better gun with 
> ceramic nozzles and added a magnetic light on the outside of the cabinet 
> and it works fine.  I also added a regulator/water separator on the air 
> inlet, and I have my old shop vac hooked up to the vent to keep the dust 
> down.  It'll eventually kill the vacuum, but it's a 30 year old Craftsman, 
> so I have my money's worth out of it.