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Not a bench top cabinet, but the Harbor Freight floor standing cabinet I
bought about 2007 is probably the best thing I've ever bought there.
Sturdy, powder coated, big enough for most things I need. I've even put
longer things in there and just put an industrial strength garbage bag over
the projecting parts, taped to the cabinet.
I put it on a welded steel base with large casters. I appreciate the
greater height and mobility. Could use a foot pedal instead of the
trigger, easy enough to do if I ever bother. The single door is mostly OK,
but I'd prefer doors on both sides. A lift top door might be okay, but not
my preference.
Blazing does need lots of air. A real 2 HP compressor was always fine for
conventional paint spraying, but with the higher pressures required it's
barely enough for blasting. Works if you don't mind blasting for a few
minutes and then waiting at least that long again for recovery.
Certainly something like an oleo strut needs the sliding surfaces
protected. Threads are usually ok, but probably not overly fine ones. I
mostly use glass beads. Changing media isn't as fast as you might expect,
unless you don't mind the last media contaminating the next media you use.
On December 26, 2020 1:06:07 PM Darrell Walker <darrellw360@mac.com> wrote:
> Iâ??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 Iâ??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. Iâ??m thinking that wrapping
> that area in duct tape might be a good idea.
>
> Thanks!
> -Darrell
>
> --
> Darrell Walker
> 66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
> 81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
> Vancouver, WA, USA
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Not a bench top cabinet, but the Harbor Freight floor sta=
nding cabinet I bought about 2007 is probably the best thing I've eve=
r bought there. Sturdy, powder coated, big enough for most things I n=
eed. I've even put longer things in there and just put an industrial =
strength garbage bag over the projecting parts, taped to the cabinet.</div>=
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I put it on a welded steel ba=
se with large casters. I appreciate the greater height and mobility.&=
nbsp; Could use a foot pedal instead of the trigger, easy enough to do if I=
ever bother. The single door is mostly OK, but I'd prefer doors on b=
oth sides. A lift top door might be okay, but not my preference.</div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Blazing does need lots of ai=
r. A real 2 HP compressor was always fine for conventional paint spra=
ying, but with the higher pressures required it's barely enough for blastin=
g. Works if you don't mind blasting for a few minutes and then waitin=
g at least that long again for recovery.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><=
div dir=3D"auto">Certainly something like an oleo strut needs the sliding s=
urfaces protected. Threads are usually ok, but probably not overly fi=
ne ones. I mostly use glass beads. Changing media isn't as fast=
as you might expect, unless you don't mind the last media contaminating th=
e next media you use.</div><div dir=3D'auto'><br></div>
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<div dir=3D"auto">On December 26, 2020 1:06:07 PM Darrell Walker <darrel=
lw360@mac.com> wrote:</div>
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ex; border-left: 1px solid #808080; padding-left: 0.75ex;">
<div dir=3D"auto">I=E2=80=99m thinking of using some Christmas money on a b=
ench top blast cabinet. I realize the small size will limit what I ca=
n blast, but that is about all the space I=E2=80=99m willing to allocate, a=
nd it should handle most of what I would be looking at blasting.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">So a some questions for the list:</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">1. For those of you with blast cabinets, do you fin=
d yourself using it more than you expected? My first project would be=
cleaning up some suspension parts (mostly paint removal). I think en=
ough projects come along that it would be worth having one, but I would lov=
e to be surprised to find additional uses.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">2. What is a good all purpose, reusable media to us=
e? I would mostly be removing paint, and some surface rust.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">3. The first parts I would be cleaning have some ma=
chined surfaces (threaded holes, tapers, etc). How careful do you nee=
d 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=E2=80=99m thinking that wrapping that area in duct tape might be a =
good idea.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks!</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">-Darrell</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">-- </div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Darrell Walker</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Vancouver, WA, USA</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>
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