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Christine Hathaway said:
Decent! Wonderful gathering you have there.
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Well done, anybody have an outline if a reclaimer setup?
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See post number 6 in this thread.
 
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Need help to find Furnas replacement contacts for a pressure switch.
7 1/2 HP 230/1
Any help on suppliers would be appreciated. Thanks
 

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GETRIDAONE said:
Need help to find Furnas replacement contacts for a pressure switch.
7 1/2 HP 230/1
Any help on suppliers would be appreciated. Thanks
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With our throw away society, it may be just as economical and easy to replace the switch with a new one. It should only have to handle the coil current to the motor starter. You should be able to find a switch in the 20-25$ range.
 
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With our throw away society, it may be just as economical and easy to replace the switch with a new one. It should only have to handle the coil current to the motor starter. You should be able to find a switch in the 20-25$ range.
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I got a plastic cover German made one to replace it. I like the old all metal one better.
Thanks for the reply,
 
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One of the issues I experience with my HF blast cabinet is reflection/glare of the white ceiling of my shop in the window of the cabinet. I frequently shut off the overhead lights in the shop to improve the situation. During the afternoon, though, outside light keeps the shop fairly well lit. Today I got the idea to build a hood or canopy with the bottom painted flat black that I would mount to the cabinet to form a "false ceiling" above the cabinet to block the reflection of the ceiling. Just wondering if anyone had done something similar.

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Yankeefarmer said:
One of the issues I experience with my HF blast cabinet is reflection/glare of the white ceiling of my shop in the window of the cabinet. I frequently shut off the overhead lights in the shop to improve the situation. During the afternoon, though, outside light keeps the shop fairly well lit. Today I got the idea to build a hood or canopy with the bottom painted flat black that I would mount to the cabinet to form a "false ceiling" above the cabinet to block the reflection of the ceiling. Just wondering if anyone had done something similar.

Jerry
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I haven't done a hood, but you can counter that issue by putting better lighting inside your cabinet. I need to get mine going, and lighting is one of the first things to get attention.
 
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Yankeefarmer said:
One of the issues I experience with my HF blast cabinet is reflection/glare of the white ceiling of my shop in the window of the cabinet. I frequently shut off the overhead lights in the shop to improve the situation. During the afternoon, though, outside light keeps the shop fairly well lit. Today I got the idea to build a hood or canopy with the bottom painted flat black that I would mount to the cabinet to form a "false ceiling" above the cabinet to block the reflection of the ceiling. Just wondering if anyone had done something similar.

Jerry
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I had that thought, but my cabinet has four 48" flourescent bulbs on the upper window for lighting and provides great light in the cabinet. I did separate my shop lights into two banks so when I need to, I can shut off the lights overhead to improve contrast.
 
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Thanks for the replies. I have upgraded the lighting inside the cabinet, and that was a large improvement. I did build the "hood" I described (cost me less than $10) and it does provide an additional improvement. As you can see in the picture, my shop has a fair amount of light coming in the windows that bounces around, so the hood along with the better lighting and the casters which let me move it around the shop for storage and to accommodate other projects all help. The hood could be improved by extending it another foot over the front of the cabinet, because the angled window causes it to reflect an area above and somewhat behind the operator.

Another great improvement I made was to add a small blower(Fasco B45227 115 Volt 265 CFM Centrifugal Blower purchased from Amazon) to exhaust the dust from the cabinet outside my shop. It works effectively, and is almost silent- much better than listening to a shrieking shop vac. I don't know what the longevity of the blower will be, but the motor is isolated from the fan, so I expect it will live satisfactorily for my purposes.
 

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Anyone have a good source for XXL cabinet gloves?

The one's that came with the HF cabinet are so small they actually give me hand cramps. I guess they have smaller hands over there... TIA
 
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Recently I bought a pressure cabinet and it came with a tempered glass window. Dummy me dropped the glass and broke it so I replaced it with some 1/4 Lexan. I am putting Mylar lenses on the inside and getting about 1.5 hours of runtime out of each lens.

My question is, is glass better than Lexan and is there a window material I can use that does not require Mylar lenses? I have 10 wing nuts I have to unscrew to remove the window frame so changing lenses is not speedy. I'm running a #6 glass bead in the cabinet.
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Lexan absorbs bullets by being rather soft. It scratches rather easily Regular acrylic is more brittle, harder, therefor more scratch resistant, just not as strong, but does that matter here? Glass is the most scratch resistant and the cheapest. If it is thick enough it should not be that fragile.

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ovrrdrive said:
Anyone have a good source for XXL cabinet gloves?

The one's that came with the HF cabinet are so small they actually give me hand cramps. I guess they have smaller hands over there... TIA
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Rodeco company in Sanford NC is one source for sandblast gloves. Be aware that this type glove comes in various lengths like 24 or 33 inch. I personally think 24" is about right. 33 will make you work to get them on, but will also reach farther into a large cabinet for blasting larger objects. Since they are tapered, a longer glove can be used cut to a shorter length to fit 7, 8, 9 inch openings, etc.
A decent price for gloves is in the low $40 range.
 
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Rodeco company in Sanford NC is one source for sandblast gloves. Be aware that this type glove comes in various lengths like 24 or 33 inch. I personally think 24" is about right. 33 will make you work to get them on, but will also reach farther into a large cabinet for blasting larger objects. Since they are tapered, a longer glove can be used cut to a shorter length to fit 7, 8, 9 inch openings, etc.
A decent price for gloves is in the low $40 range.
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I need to get off my **** and see what size came with that cabinet you put me on to.
 
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