OccupantRJ
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This is a suction type blasting cabinet I bought from my salvage yard friend years ago and restored right before my shop was flooded out. I paid $150 for the unit, with the promise that I would repair it and get it in operation.
The main cabinet was stored on it's door in a low spot in a roofless warehouse in a couple inches of rain water when I found it. Had to have it, wiped off the drool from my chin and made the deal.
After getting the unit home, I set about to repair the extensive rust damage to the end of the cabinet. I had to cut out the door end of the cabinet, fabricate and replace the end panel, and fabricate a complete new door for it.
The aluminum panel on the front of the cabinet originally had a one inch mat of foam sound deadener behind it to knock down some of the noise. That had rotted, so was removed until I can obtain some more for it. There is a air wash intake at the top near edge of the cabinet for ambient air intake when the reclaimer is running, and serves to wash the viewing glass with air for better viewing and to prevent glass erosion.
Right after I got through with the unit was when the flood hit, so after draining the cabinet and rinsing it out, it was moved and stored in my storage trailer until life turned around a little.
To make things easier in using and servicing the unit, I fabbed up an angle frame dolly with the cabinet, filter baghouse, and cyclone separator welded into it to make a modular mobile unit. The system now resides in my present shop, and just got piped up with my new air piping system. See
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227948
The pics were taken during the move from my storage trailer located about 20 miles from my shop. That's a 4 x 8 trailer it's in.
The main cabinet was stored on it's door in a low spot in a roofless warehouse in a couple inches of rain water when I found it. Had to have it, wiped off the drool from my chin and made the deal.
After getting the unit home, I set about to repair the extensive rust damage to the end of the cabinet. I had to cut out the door end of the cabinet, fabricate and replace the end panel, and fabricate a complete new door for it.
The aluminum panel on the front of the cabinet originally had a one inch mat of foam sound deadener behind it to knock down some of the noise. That had rotted, so was removed until I can obtain some more for it. There is a air wash intake at the top near edge of the cabinet for ambient air intake when the reclaimer is running, and serves to wash the viewing glass with air for better viewing and to prevent glass erosion.
Right after I got through with the unit was when the flood hit, so after draining the cabinet and rinsing it out, it was moved and stored in my storage trailer until life turned around a little.
To make things easier in using and servicing the unit, I fabbed up an angle frame dolly with the cabinet, filter baghouse, and cyclone separator welded into it to make a modular mobile unit. The system now resides in my present shop, and just got piped up with my new air piping system. See
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227948
The pics were taken during the move from my storage trailer located about 20 miles from my shop. That's a 4 x 8 trailer it's in.
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