Hey guys! Question about sand blasting. Or at least a cabinet for sand blasting. I am working on a budget so money is pretty tight. I was looking at the blasting cabinet at harbor freight for $90. The part number is ITEM 1672-4VGA.

A few questions, does anyone have one of these? Does it work pretty good? It mentions you need a canister dust collector. Do I absolutely have to have one? I have seen other blast cabinets that use what looks like just a regular canister wet/dry shop vac. Or can I run a hose outside? What kind of mess would that make?

I have a 6hp 28gal direct drive compressor, so I am hoping I will be alright on that end. It may take a little longer, but hey I don't spend all day sand blasting either!! :-) I am looking at cleaning a lot of small to medium sized parts on my truck that I am restoring. (I know, what do I consider small to medium size!!)

I saw the great article on building one, but all said and done, thats still in the $416 range I am looking at the 100-150 range! Any insight would be appreciated!!


Thanks!

Mike
Rompin 78':-)

 

The major advantage to the cabinet is that it holds in the sand and keeps it clean.

I'd consider a pressure blaster. I made a blast cabinet and it works great for alum oxide blasting (expensive stuff) and I have the pressure blaster for reg sand.

Harbor freight has the 40lb pressure blaster for about $79 when on sale and $129 reg price. It works great and is much faster/stronger than the cabinet types. The cabinet types use a suction feed and that's not nearly as effective as pressure feed.

You can always use the pressure feed in a cabinet that you could make for cheap.

Also, I use my pressure tank as an inline tank for my compressor to help it hold more air and reduce water in the line and it works great.

You can use a simple filter and small hobby type fan to suck the dusty air out of the box, I did.

 

Thanks Karljay for the thought! I didn't think about going that route. Using a pressure feed in a cabinet I make myself, I could get 2 tools for almost the price of one! I thought about getting a pressure feed, but I didn't want to get my neighbors mad at me. Thats why I was/am looking at the cabinets.

I was more concerned about using the cabinet in my garage, and getting sand/dust all over the place needing a canister dust collector. I really don't want to get that stuff all over, wearing out my garage door and my opener with sand getting in there wearing that stuff out.

If I got one of those cabinets, could I maybe attach a fan and a simple filter, like a furnace filter, to the port they put on those cabinets. I didn't realize it but it seems all the cabinets have a port on them for a canister dust collector.

Anyone else have any thoughts/ideas on this?? Thanks!!




Mike

Rompin 78'
78' Ford F-150 4x4 351m