Sand-blaster?

[longlivepunk]

Alright, so I won't pretend to know anything about sandblasting, all I know is I just spent a few hours stripping paint off a couple projects and it's time to find one!! Anyways, I'm hoping you guys have some tips on what to look for, what to watch out for, and general price range for used. There doesn't seem to be a lot available locally, but this set-up looks decent and $105 sounds fairly reasonable to me. Am I wrong? Thanks a lot!!

Edit: Sorry, here's the link
http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and...complete-sandblasting-unit-W0QQAdIdZ559910180

 

[Xtremetalworks2]

The one your looking at in the link is a siphon feed that looks like they hooked it upto a pressure pot blaster also has a dust collector which is the black upright unit. I have a cyclone 48x60 pressure pot unit cost me 1100 new which is a decent unit but not a super high end unit. If that gives you a feel for pricing. I would guess anything less then 500 your doing well. I personally reccomend pressure pot type system especially if you dont have a huge air supply

 

[longlivepunk]

Yow. Alright, so that used one is starting to seem like a damn good deal. I shot off an e-mail, we'll see if I hear back.

Thanks!

 

[Voi]

Yow. Alright, so that used one is starting to seem like a damn good deal. I shot off an e-mail, we'll see if I hear back.

Thanks!

I don't think anything sells faster than sand blasting equipment on my local Craigslist. If Kijiji offers other ways of contacting sellers, like maybe through their app or something, I'd try those as well.

 

[softailgarage]

What kind of "stuff" are you going to be working on? car parts? small or large pieces? will they fit in a cabinet or do youi have to do them out in the open? If it's large items you'll want a portable tank style, if they're small pieces you'll want a cabinet, Both styles you can find at Eastwood.com or Harbor Fright. Then you have to figure out which media to use.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

I have a Marco which is also on the high end side. It was my wedding gift some years back. Awesome unit.

As the others have said definitely got a pressurized unit. The siphon fed ones are a PITA to me. You are also going to need a decent compressor to keep the air coming. I have an IR T30 industrial compressor (80 gallon/5hp motor) and it will give that a work out.

 

[longlivepunk]

What kind of "stuff" are you going to be working on? car parts? small or large pieces? will they fit in a cabinet or do youi have to do them out in the open? If it's large items you'll want a portable tank style, if they're small pieces you'll want a cabinet, Both styles you can find at Eastwood.com or Harbor Fright. Then you have to figure out which media to use.

I'll be doing an array of things eventually. To start with it'll be for stripping paint for restoring some old tools such as the Record vises (seen here) I'm doing right now, the Beaver benchtop drill-press, the compressor, etc. Air is a little bit of an issue for now, but once I get the old compressor running I can sell my crappy Mastercraft and it shouldn't be a problem (I'll be sandblasting the compressor parts at my buddy's work, for anyone scratching their heads right now)

Thanks again, guys!

 

[kyrbz]

Fairly inexpensive and made in the US -

http://www.barrelblaster.com/BarrelBlaster1.htm

A larger one w/ dust collection. Many places such as Eastwood and Greg Smith sell this but Grizzly has the best price by far.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/24-.../G0708?gcsct=0ChMI-PiOzsGNvAIVCObnCh3UPwAAEAI

Grizzly also sells smaller cabinets for less money, and then there's Harbor Freight which sells a couple of sizes of inexpensive cabinets.

The one thing I would say about blast cabinets is they use LOTS of air. Small (and even large) compressors will run continuously. The most important thing with a blast cabinet is a good compressor with a large tank. Blast cabinets can be compressor killers if you use them frequently.

 

[MFolks]

http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

 

[Unmarked Bill]

I got a great DeeBlast on the cheap and never got around to using it. Its at my buddies shop now if I need to sandblast something. The machine shop up the street does it so cheaply I usually just take stuff there. Some tools are better off left at the machine shop, same as the movie screen is best left at the theater and the brick oven is best left at the pizza place.

That aside, using sand to strip paint is really wasteful and messy, getting yout sand all full of crud is a lame way to get rid of 60 bucks. Jasco and a wire wheel, then sandblast for a nice finish and the paint that the wire doesn't reach.

 

[Jswain]

You can get them at princess auto pretty cheap up here in Canada and they seem to have good reviews if you get the pressure pot type.