At 05:33 PM 7/11/01 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
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>As is always the case, I want/need more tools than I can afford, and the
>latest requirement is a blast cabinet big enough for LBC wheels. New
>ones are pricey, and I am considering building my own from the kit and
>plans supplied by TIP Tools,
>http://tiptools.com/cabinets/parts/cab_kit_plans/build_your_own.html,
>but I figure that will cost about $400 and take a couple of weekends
>away from my other projects.
>
>Any experience out there finding used cabinets? Has anyone built the
>TIP plywood one?
I have a small plastic cabinet (actually the larger plastic one) from Harbor
Freight, and my dad has a Snap-ON metal one. However, I can't get a wheel
in my small cabinet and I don't think one will fit in my dads.
What I do for larger items like that is:
1. I purchased a pressure blaster from Harbor Freight.
2. Go to the corner of my fence near my garage and tie a piece of rope
diagonally across the corner - about 10' on the diag or so.
3. Purchased a large plastic tarp and clothes pin it to the rope to form
a curtain and floor (the plastic forms a large "L").
4. I lay the large item I want to blast on the bottom of the "L", I also
put a couple of bricks on the bottom of the "L" to keep it from getting
blown around.
5. Use the pressure blaster (I wear a cloth hood - from Northern Hydrolics)
and try to have the sand richocet off the item to the back of the "L".
I can recycle better than 80% of my sand this way.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
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