Anyone make their own blasting nozzle tips?

[neblinc]

Seems like I go through these nozzle tips when doing projects in my Scatbalst 960ti. have been buying them from TP Tools and was wondering if anyone was making their own. Not much to them .5 OD, .25 ID and 1.5 long. If i could find steel tubing with the right OD & ID I could just turn the ends on the lathe and maybe harden them.

Randy

 

[BFBOB]

If you can find them to fit your blaster, get ceramic nozzles. They last a lot longer than steel. Just be careful not to drop them!

 

[TommyD]

Are those tips ceramic?

Steel is gonna wear out pretty fast, a little slower if hardened but still pretty fast.

Most tips are ceramic or carbide. Ceramic can be machined, I did for years, use a lathe running at slow rpm's (hit or miss sometimes) and use a DEAD SHARP carbide or a diamond toolbit. You can use HSS drills for the thru hole but they will dull pretty fast. Ceramic doesn't like a lot of force applied on it, thinner walled pieces have a tendency to fracture pretty fast.

Carbide is a biatch to work, grinding with a diamond wheel or turn with a diamond toolbit. To me it would be too much effort.

There is a machineable carbide/steel called Fero Tic that gives you the machineability of steel and when hardened it's just like carbide.

You can try and reduce your grit feed or air pressure to see if you can get a little more life from your tips.

 

[rlitman]

Seems like I go through these nozzle tips when doing projects in my Scatbalst 960ti.

Is that the cabinet you asked about here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13236

Looks like it comes with steel nozzles, but TP Tools sells carbide nozzles as an upgrade.

 

[neblinc]

wow a thread from when I was looking for one.
Hard to believe I have had this for 8 years. I thought ceramic would wear faster. Guess I should try them

 

[rlitman]

LOL yeah. It came up when I googled your model blaster to see what sort of tips it came with.

Steel tips wear the fastest. Ceramic wear several times longer, but are kind of fragile too. Carbide is more fragile than steel, but not much, and out-wears anything else.

 

[bob15]

Right off the TP Tools website(http://www.tptools.com/Skat-Blast-Ceramic-Nozzle-Combo-Packs,289.html?b=d*8024):

Save with Ceramic Nozzle Combo Packs! Skat Blast siphon power guns have an air jet, which fits inside the end of the power head assembly directly behind the nozzle. Both the nozzle and air jet must be changed on a regular basis to keep your cabinet in good working order. Because the size of the air jet must match the size of the nozzle, we make these convenient combo packs. Most popular size is medium.

Combo pack includes: 5 ceramic nozzles, 2 air jets, 2 air jet gaskets, and 1 nozzle gasket.

Ceramic nozzles last up to 3 times longer than steel, about 6-8 hours per nozzle. To save wear on the power gun and air compressor, and for best overall results, replace nozzles promptly. (Replace air jet and gasket with every 2-3 nozzles.)

Nozzles: 1-5/8" long, 1/2" diameter. Made in USA.

 

[volleyball]

I've never had a cabinet, just a hopper kind. How do you know when to change the nozzle? Mine is ceramic and decades old. Not that it gets regular use.

 

[neblinc]

The hole on the end gets pretty big then you lose some pressure I think.

Randy

 

[Smiliesafari]

1/2 inch round stock fits my blast gun perfectly. I cut it to length and drill a hole in it. Really cheap and easy.

 

[sberry]

I use exh 1/8 pipe nips. I buy 6 inch and cut in half.

 

[neblinc]

Was going to place an order for the ceramic nozzles but the $10 shipping is a deal breaker for me. Spoiled with Amazon Prime I guess.

Randy