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RE: Blast cabinets

To: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Subject: RE: Blast cabinets
From: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:09:43 -0400 (EDT)
I'm really telling the truth here--I've never seen the inner workings of a
bong.  how do it work?  seems like filtering the air through water would
be a good way to keep the dust down.

scott

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Randall Young wrote:

> > > about any cheap lead light lead do. As for the dust/abrasive
> > > collection, I hook up a shop (the house) vac to a water
> > > filter and collect it that way. It is just a 20 litre (5
> > > gall) plastic pail, about 3/4 full
> > > with water, and works like a bong. There is a built in
> > > swirl/vortex via ribs on the
> > > inside of the pail. This works real well in keeping the work
> 
> The 'bong' goes between the cabinet and the vacuum, basically the air drawn
> from the cabinet is forced to bubble through the water, which traps much of
> the dust, keeping the filter in the vacuum from clogging as quickly.  It's
> not trying to recover sand, hopefully as much of that as possible is kept
> inside the cabinet.

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