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Doug Hamilton wrote:
> I would avoid the one I bought from Harbor Freight #38440-7VGA. Although
> it is a nice size and with the flip top I can glass bead a TR3 wheel or
> cylinder head. The problem with it is the bottom only angles in from the
> front and back so the pick-up ends up uncovered after a few minutes of
> blasting and then it take a minute or two to get it to start feeding
> again once it is covered. Find one that the pick up is built into the
> bottom of a funnel shaped hopper so that gravity is helping feed the
> pickup. My cheap and nasty solution with my cabinet has been to hook the
> pickup tube to the bottom of a funnel I scoop the funnel full of media
> before blasting and hang it from the corner of the cabinet doing it
> this way it works ok but you have to keep filling the funnel from the
> hopper. In the future I'll modify the hopper in the cabinet to have a
> better pickup.
>
> Doug Hamilton
> 1960 Triumph TR3A
> 1963 Fiat Cabriolet
>
> >Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:46:20 -0500
> >From: Anthony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
> >Subject: blast cabinet needed
> >
> >I am looking for recommendations for a small blast cabinet. I am on a
> >budget, but it is slightly flexible. I am looking for a small bench-top
> >sand blasting cabinet. Are there any that you would recommend that I
> >consider or avoid?
> >
> >- -Tony
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