by Vantasia Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:43 amWe needed a sand blasting cabinet for our shop on a budget, so I bought one of those cheapo economy ones from Harbor Freight Tools, less than $200 with the fittings and their constant online 20% off discount coupons. Got to tell you, it works fantastic! Not quite as powerful as a $2000-3000 professional setup, but great for the money. Looks like this:
Needs 90-125 psi with good cfm to operate like a 30-50 gallon compressor which we have and that's about all. Uses a shop vac connected to a side port to draw out the dust without much loss of the media, just put a Blue HEPA filter in it. Comes as a kit, took half a day to build and it leaked a little, just had to silicone up some of the joints, no biggie, the nozzle is simply a paint gun with a pickup tub and a ceramic nozzle....This has countless uses working of van parts, wish I had one years ago! Just had to share.....usually don't but the junky tools from HF....
Needs 90-125 psi with good cfm to operate like a 30-50 gallon compressor which we have and that's about all. Uses a shop vac connected to a side port to draw out the dust without much loss of the media, just put a Blue HEPA filter in it. Comes as a kit, took half a day to build and it leaked a little, just had to silicone up some of the joints, no biggie, the nozzle is simply a paint gun with a pickup tub and a ceramic nozzle....This has countless uses working of van parts, wish I had one years ago! Just had to share.....usually don't but the junky tools from HF....
