Picked up another sand blaster

We spent today wrapping it mostly up. Parts missing will be here tomorrow morning and won't take long to put on. She gets cranked up tomorrow!


We did some welding, more hole filling, and sealing. We also decided to make our own top entry kit. They cost $200.00 new (ouch, and pic below) so we made another trip to the welding shop to get a piece of 14 gauge and some slices of a piece of square tubing. Cost - $15.00. There are a lot of benefits, this is from the website.



1. Ergonomic Comfort: The typical setup in a blast cabinet has you fighting the pressure in the blast hose as it comes up through the deck and must be bent downward to blast. With a top entry kit, the blast hose comes in through top of the cabinet and blasting is more like writing with a pencil than holding on to a high pressure hose.

2. Adjustable: Different size objects require a different length of blast hose for the most comfortable and efficient blasting. With a top entry configuration, the length of the blast hose can be adjusted by simply feeding in or pulling out some of the available hose.

3. Precise Control: Since the operator does not have to fight the bend in the hose, top entry configurations allow for more precise abrasive blasting and better efficiency.

4. Longer Hose Life: The blast hose in a top entry configuration does not need to be bent nearly as much, as in a traditional through-the-deck system. As a result, wear is reduced extending the life of your blast hose.


Gonna get it painted tonight and will get pics of it on the cabinet in the morning.

Lookin Good................... :goodjob

Being cheap makes someone good at something GT. :rolling

It's ready to go on the cabinet.

We are frugal! :bliss

If you say so.


It is up and running, will go get some other pics but just had to share this right away. This is using the Hornet media, it's not the plastic which is much faster (and much more expensive). I think this is way fast enough, especially since this video is doing the incredibly hard to get off newer paint. This is a 400 series belt guard being blasted about as fast as you can move the nozzle.

wow now that's fast.....................

Thanks Nappy. It used to take over 20 minutes to do one side of a belt guard. Considering that video is 33 seconds, it should go from 20+ minutes to 1 1/2 minutes.


There is still a little more work to do and some prettying up to do, but at least it's working really good. Here is the home made top entry kit installed.