Here's the one I built. Big enough to do bicycle/motorcycle frames and axle housings and whatnot. Basically the same footprint as the regular chinese cabinet but four or five times as big inside.
nice, have any more pics or build info?
Do you have a sandblaster
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nice, have any more pics or build info?
djd99
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Oh, ok then. Nevermind to the OP. Don and his dad say silicosis isn't really an issue so you don't need to fear dying an agonizing death in exchange for doing a little DIY stuff.
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/topics/silicacrystalline/endsilicosis.html
Sorry Dan I just don't buy it I've been using the stuff far to long to be worried. I think it's the best media to use in the cabinet for quickly removing rust and paint on small parts, really just use common sense don't breath the fine dust just after using the cabinet, I have a vac I turn on to evac the fine dust before I open the door.
My main sandblasting room is 10x10x10 And can blast anything that can fit in a 3x6 door, the room has 2 large evac fans on the roof so when I flip the switch the room has neg pressure pretty quick. I solely use fine silica bought at the local lumber yard. Point is it works very well if you use common sense don't breath the ****.
You can provide all the links you want and I still will continue to use it, you very well might succeed in scaring the guys here into not using it and that's perfectly fine, most wouldn't want to take the precautions you need to use this media. So you made your point
I'm a old school bodyman who doesn't like being told what to do as You can see.
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Dan in Pasadena
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Hey Don, no offense taken. I don't like being told what to do either...and especially not from an unknown person on the internet. I can completely relate and I probably came off as a smartass - apologies if I did. Sometimes I AM a smartass!
Speaking just for myself, I will not use it because I have fairly cheap alternatives. Not as cheap as the silica sand used to be - I don't know what it costs these days but it used to be dirt cheap (pun intended)
And just to be totally honest, I DID once use it probably 35 years ago. For a little project etching some lines on glass for a little cabinet I made for my then-wife. I used it out of a portable blast unit in the driveway of my brother-in-law's house. Maybe 15 minutes, but no mask, nothing - idiot, I know.
Yes, I'm fine as far as I know. But those kind of diseases, IF you get them take decades. I had a friend become ill and die relatively quickly from mesothelioma(sp?) the asbestos-caused lung disease. Turned out it was from a time in the Navy some 30 years before. I always remember my now-deceased father-in-law telling me how all the worry over asbestos was, "...a bunch of lawyer ********"
Anyway, I just relate what I did to not come off as a total know-it-all (probably too late, huh). Best, Dan
djd99
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Hey Don, no offense taken. I don't like being told what to do either...and especially not from an unknown person on the internet. I can completely relate and I probably came off as a smartass - apologies if I did. Sometimes I AM a smartass!
Speaking just for myself, I will not use it because I have fairly cheap alternatives. Not as cheap as the silica sand used to be - I don't know what it costs these days but it used to be dirt cheap (pun intended)
And just to be totally honest, I DID once use it probably 35 years ago. For a little project etching some lines on glass for a little cabinet I made for my then-wife. I used it out of a portable blast unit in the driveway of my brother-in-law's house. Maybe 15 minutes, but no mask, nothing - idiot, I know.
Yes, I'm fine as far as I know. But those kind of diseases, IF you get them take decades. I had a friend become ill and die relatively quickly from mesothelioma(sp?) the asbestos-caused lung disease. Turned out it was from a time in the Navy some 30 years before. I always remember my now-deceased father-in-law telling me how all the worry over asbestos was, "...a bunch of lawyer ********"
Anyway, I just relate what I did to not come off as a total know-it-all (probably too late, huh). Best, Dan
NP Dan definitely no worries
people should be very aware of the dangers involved with using silica, you should never sandblast with silica without using a respirator even outdoors. And I'm not talking about paper respirators either. It's uncomfortable but if you use this stuff it's mandatory.So as long as you protect yourself there's no reason you can't use the media that works best for your project.
6768rogues
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I have a cabinet from TIP and for things that will not fit in the cabinet I have a pressure blaster. I usually blast with glass beads in the cabinet and when they are worn out I save them and use them one more time in the pressure blaster. For a big project with lots of rust, I use the pressure blaster with sand or the black stuff from Tractor Supply. Both blasters are worth every penny paid.