Blast Cabinet

[Aussie Mike]

Hi All,

Saturday morning I went down to Radum in Tullamarine. These guys have a bunch of machinery and stuff at discount prices. A dangerous place for me to visit if I want to leave with my wallet intact.

I left there about $300 poorer but with a Blast cabinet and a couple of bags of media packed into the back of the LandRover. I've been wanting a decent sized blast cabinet for years but they've always been a bit to pricey for me to justify buying one. This one is a beaut for the money.



I made a couple of mods to it to better suit me. It was a bit low and I'd be bent over to use it and I reckon my back would suffer. I welded up a frame and added some castors under it. This lifted the whole thing 5" which puts it at the perfect height for me. It also lets me wheel it round the workshop to put it away when not in use. The frame also stiffens the whole thing up as the legs are a bit flimsy in my opinion.

One of the jobs I've been working on is fixing up my wheels. I'd changed the front wheel hubs to a Ford stud patern to match the rear. I decided to re use the centers out of the old rear wheels on the front. These had been clear coated and were looking a bit tired so I used the blast cabinet to strip them. The plan was to get the wheel centers ceramic coated like the side pipes and I wanted to make sure the surface was going to be OK for coating.



Once I blasted them I was really impressed with the finish. I used course garnet for the blasting media and the wheel centers turned out like a raw sand casting. The clear coat came off easily. After looking at the finish for a bit I decided I really liked it and re assembled one of the wheels. The center kind of looks like the finish on the old magnesium halibrands, sort of matt and grey. It has grown on me and I'm going to leave them that way.

I'll see how they go with brake dust and dirt but I can always strip them again and paint them.

Here's the surface finish



Here's a finished front wheel



The rear wheels took a bit more work. The guy that built them left a lot of grinding marks where he'd cleaned up the casting. This is OK if the centers are going to be painted but too a bit more work for the finish I wanted.

Here's the before



Here's the finished wheel. The Garnet removed the linishing marks and brought them back to a smooth cast surface to match the front.



I should have bought one of these cabinets years ago. It's so much cleaner and more effective than the old bucket fed sand blaster I have. With the vacume cleaner connected up do dust extraction it keeps the media cleaner and there's no need for a respirator.

Cheers

[Cameron Parsons]

These had been clear coated and were looking a bit tired

Geez Mike, don't look to closely at my car - you'll have it in bits in 5 minutes for a tidy up

Cameron

[Rebel1]

Now I know why Mrs. Aussie Mike wont take him shopping.

He wants to redesign or modify everything.

[Aussie Mike]

It's a sickness, I cant help it

Cheers

[stiffy]

Aussie,


What could I use the machine for???


STIFFY

[richardferguson]

Originally Posted by stiffy

Aussie,


What could I use the machine for???


STIFFY

Removing nail polish
R.

[Rebel1]

Sheez Stiffy, did you have to ask?.

Haven't you ever been in an adult store with Aussie Mike?.

[stiffy]

Dr Rich,

VERY FUNNY, STILL PISSING MYSELF....

I was thinking does it remove stains from curtains????


Rebel1,

No I havent... I think if I did he would spend less money...


STIFFY

[Merv and Sharon]

Could be good for getting those residual oil stains out of the fingers....

[Aussie Mike]

At 100PSI air pressure I reckon it'd take the skin of quite quickly too. Anyone want a tatoo removed? Stiffy, you've probably got an ex girlfriends name on your knob (Have to be a short name like Jan or Sue or Jo)

Cheers

[Rebel1]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

At 100PSI air pressure I reckon it'd take the skin of quite quickly too. Anyone want a tatoo removed? Stiffy, you've probably got an ex girlfriends name on your knob (Have to be a short name like Jan or Sue or Jo)

Cheers

[LoBelly]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

It's a sickness, I cant help it

Cheers

It certainly is - you can however cure yourself by purging all those un-needed objects. I can help with this - its what friends do

But seriously your wheels look much much better - and you can keep cleaning them up that way (yay)

By the time the wheel centres start to get a bit thin from all the sand-blasting you'll probably be casting your own anyway

LoBelly

[stiffy]

Aussie,


VERY FUNNY AUSSIE,


STIFFY

[Rebel1]

Originally Posted by stiffy

No I havent... I think if I did he would spend less money...


STIFFY

Dunno bout spending money Stiffy, but he'd have a ball dreaming about all the mods he could make to the merchandise.

[Rob. Smith]

Aussie Mike go out and buy a bag of glass beads media and have a look at the finish they give. I think you'll be impressed. You only need about 60 psi By the way what's the brand of the cabinet and the gun. I built a cabinet for myself but I'm using the bucket gun. It feeds from the tapered hopper I put in the base of the cabinet.

[Aussie Mike]

I bought a couple of bags of the glass beads. I'll give them a try in the next day or so.

The Cabinet has Radum's own brand on it. They supply spare tips, guns, window protectors and gloves.

Radum

Cheers

[stiffy]

Aussie,


The blaster seems cheap......

STIFF

P.S. I need a Tat removed, it was my first girlfriend her name was,

Incontenentia, incontenentia buttox....when can I drop by ..

[Aussie Mike]

I'll be home al weekend, you can pop over then Biggus



Cheers

[stephen low]

Who's got a big nose..............

must be woger!