Much like Jerry, I built my own blast cabinet except that I have access to
a sheet metal shop and made out of 20ga steel, 4ft wide,3ft ht,3 1/2 ft
deep on legs the correct height. Bought laminated saftey glass at local
windshield repair shop and hardeware from TIP. Works great on 6hp 15cfm
upright compressor.A shop vac is a must, as well as the tear away plastic
sheets, (I learned the hard way) dont know what it would cost but your
local sheet metal or ductwork shop could build one to suit your needs,might
be worth checking if there is some particular feature that you want.
Shannon
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> From: Jerry Oliver <slantws@home.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Sandblast cabinet
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 5:32 PM
>
>
> I built my own cabinet out of 3/4 plywood. That allowed me to make it
> huge...3ft by 6ft and at the right height. Bought the kit from Tip for
> (then) $99.00. I use a large shop vac, but the ones they sell would be
> nice if I had 220 available. I used a 60 gallon single phase, about
> 11CFM upright
> compressor.
> By there nature, cabinets are high maintenance, so spare parts are a
> must. About the glass.. you can save the headache of replacing the glass
> by using the plastic sheeting sold by tip. If you don't buy the premade
> window from tip or others, make sure its laminated safety glass. Apply
> the plastic cover on the inside. When it clouds up, tear it off and
> replace with
> another.
> I don't see how anyone doing a compete restoration can get by without a
> cabinet. Jerry Oliver
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