Sand Blasting Cabinet and Parking Now working, Thanks Guys! Pictures included!

[IMBLITZVT]

Well with lots of help from the mods and others on this board and the last and a few other people, I have completed blasting cabinet.

I used Birch and Oak Plywood, with 2x4s. My Dad did most of the hard stuff but its pretty much my design. Its 48" long, 20" deep and about 25" tall, not including stand. I used a piece of 20" deep shelf from Home Depot for the table and it works very well. Most blasting parts are from TPtools.com. I got the mid size gloves which might be a little long but I can reach anything! I got a custom piece of temp. glass and the mylar liners.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/phiteshe/BlastCab.jpg

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/phiteshe/BlasterCab1.jpg

Husky gun and filter. Man a filter is a must. Just tons of water coming from the compressor. The compressor is my Dad's or was... :) It is very nice and will keep a 90-110 psi output at all times...even when blasting non-stop. I have to go tomorrow and get some more grit as 50lbs is not enough to keep up with such a large funnel. Lighting is pretty good and free... so right now that works.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/phiteshe/BlastInside1.jpg

Question:
When using a shop vac.. do you filter the air before leaving the cabinet to catch any grit that might be on its way out?

For Parking I used the mg34.com stuff and it worked great! I did not degrease other then paint thinner... It came out very dark and almost black! I left it in the solution until it stopped bubbling. I could have done a lighter shade but I wanted it that dark if I could. See the pieces on the ground? Its a start on my Vickers tripod with is up first, since I am painting the parked selection and leaving the brass as is. Stand turkey setup from Bass pro, in stainless.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/phiteshe/ParkingTank.jpg

Off to go buy a shop vac tomorrow and some more grit and I will be set. When I get my welder going I will do a long tank for doing barrels....etc. I have a ton of stainless 1/16th sheet metal right now.

So thanks for all the help and I will post pictures of guns I repark as I go. Thanks all!

Matt

[okie shooter]

On your shop vac, I would build a cyclone seperator, doesnt have to be fancy, just bring in the air into a barrel(maybe a ten or even a five gallon one)from the side, tangentinal so the air swirls, build some sort of baffle in the lid, then suck out the lid in the middle of the baffle, kinda of like a barrel with a lid with a can with both ends open, attached to the lid, to keep the air from directly going from the inlet to the outlet. Then I would take it to your wet/dry vac. The large chamber after the cabinet, should slow the air down and drop the bulk of the dust, before it gets to your vac.

Heres a website, for wood working, but has the idea for a home made seperator,

http://webpages.charter.net/harkerhome/WWShop/dcseparator.html

[Seattlefungus]

Looks like a sweet setup and very nice cabinet work! A suggestion on the burner tho. I use a burner like that, a dual for a long pan. An old hand gave me the suggestion and I found it does help quality finishes. A thin metal plate over the burner as a "Defuser" to keep the heat even and avoid hot spots. Not so important if everything is being suspended by black wire. But if you have large parts on the bottom, it can change the rate of reaction and cause little blotches.... That is one nice little setup.

[M1 Tanker]

Awesome job man! Looks way better then mine!

I did a simple baffle and it works really well.

[wonderwolf]

Pansy....heh....I blasted 3 mausers and a 1911 with a GI gas mask and a sweat shirt on...felt like I was on the beach during a tornado. But your set up would work I guess :thumbup: