Cheap sandblasters on fleabay?

[Zedn]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

This is what I did about 10 years ago.....

Build-Your-Own Cabinet - Trigger-Operated System - TP Tools & Equipment

Bought the basic $99.00 kit, back then,probably about 50 bucks......One and a half sheets of plywood,built my own cabinet,it's 4 feet wide X 2 feet deep X about 30 inches tall..took me an afternoon to build it with help from a buddy....I probably spent no more than 100 bucks all total, but I did have the blower and some other items around the shop before hand......I made the front section where the lense is,hinged,so I load from the front, I use plexiglass for the lense,works fine.....I have two regular 60 watt light bulbs inside and a small squirrel cage blower mount on the outside to draw the air/dust out,all wired in to one 120volt switch........works like a charm,very inexpensive.....
Also,depending on what your blasting, I use regular sandblasting sand, I find beads do not cut enough when things are rusty and way too slow...

I used their basic plans, just made the cabinet larger for my use....Once you have one, you'll wish it was bigger, and you'll use it all the time....I'd bet I use mine on average once a week, it's just too easy to go in the shop, turn on the air compressor, flip a switch and be blasting/cleaning up anything in less than 5 minutes......

David

Be careful using sand. It is banned in Australia because of the silica. Beads, garnet, nut shells etc are used here.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Be careful using sand. It is banned in Australia because of the silica. Beads, garnet, nut shells etc are used here.

Actually, almost impossible to get here now, I just go to any hardware store and buy a bag of masonary sand, basically the same thing....I have also gone to the local river when I was out of sand and needed some on a weekend when the hardware stores were closed and shoveled a #3 tub full of "river/beach sand", I made a box out of 1" by 6" board, about 24 inches square, with no top, then cut a hole in the bottom a little smaller than the top of a standard 5 gallon plastic bucket,cover with screen door screen, set the box on the top of the bucket and poor the sand in it to filter out the small rocks/gravel and debris, shake the box a little and in no time you will have all the sand you need.........FREE

David

[DAVID GAGNARD]

I just checked and the filter is 14 inches square with an 8 inch hole in the middle.........
Going to try to attach pictures of the home made cabinet and filter.....

David