[Shop-talk] compressor/sandblast guru question

[Bob Hare]

BTW, I'm running a Tip Tools medium nozzle on a home built blast cabinet. 
www.tptools.com


Bob Hare (eBay id: rhare34)
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From: Doug Braun
<doug at dougbraun.com>
To: John Niolon <jniolon at att.net> 
Cc: shop-talk
<shop-talk at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:37 PM
Subject: Re:
[Shop-talk] compressor/sandblast guru question

A permanent blast cabinet
setup is so handy that it is worth putting up
with a somewhat undersized
compressor.  You will have to stop and wait
occasionally, but that will take
less time than:

1: earning the money to buy a bigger compressor
2: Actually
buying it.
3: Getting it delivered and hooked up.

I have a 169.CFM, 6.5HP
compressor, and it has no trouble at all running my
cabinet, with
a TP Tools
medium-size nozzle.

Doug

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:42 AM, John Niolon
<jniolon at att.net> wrote:

> Ib ve got a Quincy 310 compressor sitting on a 80
gallon tank... using a 5
> hp
> motor.  Itb s turning about 800 rpm
>
> the
rating is 3.9 to 9.6 ACFM @ 175psig  with a 2-3 hp motor...
>
> Ib m wondering
if it will handle a small (bench top) or small upright sand
> blast cabinet
without laboring it to death
>
> Harbor Freight rates their 40# upright model
at  9.5 cfm at 90 psi..
>
> A NESCO about the same size says 12 cfm at 80
psi...
>
> An ATLAS says 15 cfm at 100 psi
>
> sounds like blast cabinets are
rated like lawn mower engine horsepower
> ratings
> !!!!!
>
> any ideas if I
have enough compressor ??
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