The Abrasive Blasting Resource Thread
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dkmc
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370? 390? You must acquire that!
Sitting uncovered but......
I made an offer.
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OccupantRJ
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Now the “pressure” is on the Seller!
Seller can load, but I'm not set up to unload this compressor.Now the “pressure” is on the Seller!
The Tool Tyrant
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Rent a cherry picker?
dkmc
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Post a video when you have it running
To many moving parts for me to get this.Post a video when you have it running
dkmc
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Tire kicker......
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OccupantRJ
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Everyone needs a yard full of old compressors! I worked my way down to two now!Tire kicker......
dkmc
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Can I have the name of your therapist? Someday I'm gonna have to quell the herd.
Can't imagine doing that right now tho.....
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OccupantRJ
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A nearby GJ member bought my large road portable compressor, my knees were getting so bad that I could not handle all the physical activity. I got two new knees and things are much better, but I don’t want to push things handling all that heavy abrasive. My two blast cabinets are getting it done these days. I blasted some six foot items in a 4 foot cabinet by leaving the door partially open and tarping the gap. The 4” suction blower kept it from losing grit and worked really well.Can I have the name of your therapist? Someday I'm gonna have to quell the herd.
Can't imagine doing that right now tho.....
dkmc
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I hear ya. I've been lucky with my joints so far. My GF got 2 new knees at the same time in 2016, doing well ever since.
I'm at the point I've collected and hoarded most of the tools & equipment I always wanted but could never afford when I was younger.
Letting go will happen, but I just need to be able to look over the collection a bit more first.
May Pop
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Also starting to feel the same. Not quite but close. Gifting some stuff but it’s not new so not always appreciated.
Ron
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dkmc
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I'm much less attracted to non- Quincy compressors. Probably a good thing
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OccupantRJ
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So Quincy is the blue eyed blond of the compressor world, I assume?
If you need a paying job rebuilding a few compressor.......
dkmc
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So Quincy is the blue eyed blond of the compressor world, I assume?
Hum, yes or I'd say Quincy compressors are the Ann Margret's in compressor genre
Next in line.......IR type 30's would be ?
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dkmc
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So back in the early 1980's when I was much younger and knew pretty much everything about everything, I bought the 3 cylinder version of that compressor, an IR 105, out of a hedge row. I was on my quest for MORE AIR. I started out with a 1hp electric compressor and figured out quickly that wasn't enough. Then I rigged 2 Westinghouse air brake compressors to a garden tractor and thought that would be PLENTY of air to blast with. (This was way before the internet of course. The most common information on compressed air came from the back few pages of the Granger catalog, in the 'engineering' pages. After a lot of hard work, it was quickly apparent that EVEN TWO Wabco compressors running in tandem were no where enough air to run even a small siphon pot blast setup.
I spotted the IR 105 in the weeds and tracked down the owner and bought it. It had a Buda 4 cyl 420 cu in engine in it. Hand crank, NO thanks. Got an electric starter for it. 750 RPM max. Built a pressure pot out of an old forklift propane tank, barstock shut off valve and
cast iron pipe plug for the nozzle. (The nozzles wore out quick)! Eventually made hardened steel ones. It worked, seemed to not use too much gas and I only ever added 1 quart of oil to it in the 4 years I had it and used it. Blasted a number of car frames, wheels, etc. Made some money, but finally figured out it was getting it the hard way. Ended up trading the rig for a TIG welder. Some years later, spotted one just like in the pic, a 6 cyl unit. (luckily now) it ended up being for sale, but then they decided to keep it. Probably for the best. Now I have a couple diesels and commercially made pressure pots.....the stuff I dreamed of back in the day but couldn't afford. And now that
I'm much older and know way less about most everything, I don't use the equipment much.....but I HAVE it if I need it. Feels good. Feeds the iron addiction.
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OccupantRJ
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Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough!
it did not take me long to learn that either…🌪🌪
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OccupantRJ
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I recently tied both my compressor drains together and exited out the stem wall to make things easier and less messy. Way mo better.
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OccupantRJ
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Why the long bolt in the compressor foot? It previously served an important purpose and is still there for the same in the future. Who can guess the purpose?
No, it’s not because I was too lazy to cut it off.
No, it is not an anchor bolt.
The answer is in this thread linked. Guess first.
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No, it’s not because I was too lazy to cut it off.
No, it is not an anchor bolt.
The answer is in this thread linked. Guess first.
Vertical compressor lifting and moving dolly
After restoring a vertical air compressor that I had, I needed to move it through a walk doorway into the back room of the shop. It is a rather top heavy unit, so I developed a special lifting/moving dolly to allow me to safely move it through the doorway, turn a hard right, then roll it down a...
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dkmc
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Already knew from reading the dolly post when it was postedWhy the long bolt in the compressor foot? It previously served an important purpose and is still there for the same in the future. Who can guess the purpose?
No, it’s not because I was too lazy to cut it off.
No, it is not an anchor bolt.
The answer is in this thread linked. Guess first.
Vertical compressor lifting and moving dolly
After restoring a vertical air compressor that I had, I needed to move it through a walk doorway into the back room of the shop. It is a rather top heavy unit, so I developed a special lifting/moving dolly to allow me to safely move it through the doorway, turn a hard right, then roll it down a...
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OccupantRJ
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Cheater!
At 61 years young, I know I'm still drawn to air compressor, but I don't want to rebuild them. I need to have the four or so ones in my shop rebuilt by someone else.
dkmc
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Jeesh what fun is that?
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OccupantRJ
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My larger blast cabinet has a filter bag house with 15 filters in it that are at least 40 or more years old. I originally rescued the cabinet from a dire fate and refurbished it for my use. My mother was a seamstress and made 6 new filter bags for me in the 90’s before she died. During routine maintenance on the system a week ago I discovered that the end of one of the original bags had failed. Like, rotted failed. The other 9 original bags still seem solid.
I had several options. My BIL has an upholstery sewing machine but is unskilled at using it, I could try sewing up bags myself, or search for filter bags online and grip my wallet tightly, or drive 25 miles to an upholsterer friend who can take forever to get to something in a timely manner.
I opted to search online. I do not know the cabinet manufacturer, so I took measurements and started searching. I found ONE source with a proper size bag that had prices online. That was IDS Blasting in Indianapolis, IN. Pirate Brand was listed as the supplier of the bags, so I did some sleuth work on both companies. It turned out that both companies had the same basic address, so ordered from IDS. The bags were likely cheaper than I could have made, so ordered.
Bags came in in about three days and are absolutely industrial level products, with a price tag of $16.40 each. I am giving IDS
and wanted to pass on the source to you guys.
I had several options. My BIL has an upholstery sewing machine but is unskilled at using it, I could try sewing up bags myself, or search for filter bags online and grip my wallet tightly, or drive 25 miles to an upholsterer friend who can take forever to get to something in a timely manner.
I opted to search online. I do not know the cabinet manufacturer, so I took measurements and started searching. I found ONE source with a proper size bag that had prices online. That was IDS Blasting in Indianapolis, IN. Pirate Brand was listed as the supplier of the bags, so I did some sleuth work on both companies. It turned out that both companies had the same basic address, so ordered from IDS. The bags were likely cheaper than I could have made, so ordered.
Bags came in in about three days and are absolutely industrial level products, with a price tag of $16.40 each. I am giving IDS
and wanted to pass on the source to you guys.
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OccupantRJ
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This is the thread link to my larger blasting cabinet For those interested.
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Mongo Blasting Cabinet
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...
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My Cyclo- Blast 36x48x60 cabinet has 20 +- filter bags. IDS bags were $100 each, I have the plans to convert it to a large filter setup. Will I get to it, not sure. If I won the lotto I'd hire someone to fix all my stuff before I die.
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OccupantRJ
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My bag house has a dust drawer at the bottom of it to collect the nuisance dust that accumulates from the bags when the bag agitator is used. I get about 5 gallons of super fine dust out of it about once a year. It is as fine as face powder and brown. It will jump on you if you even look at it, and I make sure I am wearing a respirator and upwind of it at all times.
I had been using the 80grit beads from HF in my gravity converted HF cabinet, but they had gotten awfully expensive.
I tried some of the black beauty coal slag from Tractor Supply and it was an abject failure. No combination of nozzle, air pressure, and siphon valve setting would make it feed. Garbage.
Today, I grabbed a 50lb bag of the crushed glass from Northern Tool for $13. After vacuuming every last little piece of the coal slag from my cabinet, I put 30lb of the crushed glass in. After fiddling with the siphons valve a bit, it picked up the media and went to work. This stuff is perfect! Cheap, good finish, and cheap!
I tried some of the black beauty coal slag from Tractor Supply and it was an abject failure. No combination of nozzle, air pressure, and siphon valve setting would make it feed. Garbage.
Today, I grabbed a 50lb bag of the crushed glass from Northern Tool for $13. After vacuuming every last little piece of the coal slag from my cabinet, I put 30lb of the crushed glass in. After fiddling with the siphons valve a bit, it picked up the media and went to work. This stuff is perfect! Cheap, good finish, and cheap!
When I first got this cabinet, I cleaned out the bump/agitator cabinet. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years, very fine dust.
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OccupantRJ
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In my large cabinet I am using aluminum oxide grit. On the smaller cabinet I use glass beads for more sensitive surface cleaning.
dkmc
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I use both AO and crushed glass, the AO really eats rust.
logixjock
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I used to work for the parent company that invented the baghouse and spun off Baghouse America. I was a fitter-welder on the dust hopper line, the plenum line, final assembly and finally instrumentation and controls. Everything has been sold a dozen times over the years but the original home of Baghouse America still sews up filter bags.My larger blast cabinet has a filter bag house with 15 filters in it that are at least 40 or more years old. I originally rescued the cabinet from a dire fate and refurbished it for my use. My mother was a seamstress and made 6 new filter bags for me in the 90’s before she died. During routine maintenance on the system a week ago I discovered that the end of one of the original bags had failed. Like, rotted failed. The other 9 original bags still seem solid.
I had several options. My BIL has an upholstery sewing machine but is unskilled at using it, I could try sewing up bags myself, or search for filter bags online and grip my wallet tightly, or drive 25 miles to an upholsterer friend who can take forever to get to something in a timely manner.
I opted to search online. I do not know the cabinet manufacturer, so I took measurements and started searching. I found ONE source with a proper size bag that had prices online. That was IDS Blasting in Indianapolis, IN. Pirate Brand was listed as the supplier of the bags, so I did some sleuth work on both companies. It turned out that both companies had the same basic address, so ordered from IDS. The bags were likely cheaper than I could have made, so ordered.
Bags came in in about three days and are absolutely industrial level products, with a price tag of $16.40 each. I am giving IDS