Parking Pots, Blasting Cabinet

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Princess Auto has some nice little oblong oval stainless steel vessels just the right size for parking actions, pistols, etc. Couple of sizes.

Their table top sandblast cabinets are on sale for about $120 right now. Picked one up yesterday at the Barrie store. Going to cut a hole in one end, install a pierced rubber patch, so that barrels or barrelled actions can be blasted by doing half at a time.
 
I have a smaller compressor, don't have the numbers at hand. I have blasted with it, prior to buying the cabinet, and I know that it will do the work that I want to do with glass beads. If I want a matted surface preparatory to coating, bluing or parking, I run only 50 psi or so. For really vigorous abrasive blasting, you might want to be able to run at 90psi, with a sustained high volume of air. It really depends on how aggressive you want the blasting to be. For jobs like cleaning rust off an auto frame, you need a big compressor. Try to do it with a small unit, and you will be waiting forever for pressure to build up in the tank.
 
Thanks for the heads up, I went out and got set up. Not bad for $120. My compressor does the trick cuz I'm not constantly running it. The only stuff I had was from Can tire (black beauty abrasive) I'll look for something better. Where did ya find glass bead?
 
I had bought the glass beads from Princess Auto a while back. I note the instructions for the unit list a pressure limit of 100psi, and recommend glass beads or plastic grit. I suspect that regular use of aggressive grits would eventually cut through the sheet metal of the cabinet.
Tried it out this afternoon, and it seems to be a useful piece of equipment. I note that it has provisions for an internal light. Think I will rig something up, although the top window is large, and my shop has good lighting.
Did you pick up a stainless tub as well?
 
Next time P.auto has the bags of media on sale for 9.99 i'll have to get some. I hooked mine up and blasted some scales and blades on some of the knives I made, even though my comp leaves a lot to be desired, it gets the job done. I didn't get the pots, but after reading an article on home parking I might have to go back. I read that someone was having issues with a built in light so they actually mounted a large halogen type spot light on the outside.

again thanks...glad I bought it.
 
I have the Princess Auto cabinet sandblaster. I think they run about $220 or so these days. I have been using it at 100 psi for almost 5 years now and it has not worn through the sheet metal at all.

I enlarged the nozzle a bit, and get the blasting action of a larger cabinet. I recently attached one of the Princess auto exhaust vent fans to it (actually mounted the unit outside the shop, plumbed through the wall) and it keeps the inside clear so I can see what I am doing. The vent fan, which ran about $110, draws enough air from the unit that it makes the gloves stick straight in.

I had the interoir light that was available for the cabinet, but it didn't take long to fail, and I didn't bother reinstalling a new one. I just hang a trouble light over the window, although I have been meaning to install a better lamp unit through a new opening.

One problem I found with this cabinet (along with proffesional sandblasters I have used) is that there tends to be a static charge built up which likes to discharge from my chest back to the machine. This problem was solved by running a electrical wire between ground to a sports type wristband with a small metal contact which I put on my arm before blasting. The static isn't bad when there is humidity in the air, but once the dry air of winter comes, the static can be brutal.
 
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