Sandblasting?

[Santoro]

So I inherited a nice compressor a while back and was wondering if it would be expensive or difficult to set myself up to sandblast coin doors.

Any info or links would be appreciated.  

Dave

[DrewKaree]

Post what size compressor it is, and (if you know it, otherwise, you may have to DL a manual for it to find out) any other stats such as max PSI, stuff like that.  Otherwise, you may find yourself buying something larger than your compressor can handle and it'll frustrate you.  Oh, and here's a tip....set up a booth where you can  contain all the slag (sand) so you don't have a mess all over....and get the required safety gear, this COULD be a dangerous tool.

[mp2526]

I live real close to a Harbor freight so I'm always looking around there for deals.  I bought a blaster setup and a cabinet there for less than $200.  It works well enough for the few times I need it.

Here are some links.  But just do a search on "Sand blast" to see more stuff.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34202

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=38440

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39170

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45411

[danny_galaga]

smaller non-industrial models are also known as bead-blasters so you might want to try that search term also

[spidermonkey]

Yep Harbor Frieght is where I got mine. I built a small cab for mine out of plywood and used a window from a steel insulated garage door section. I cut two holes in the front of the cabinet and attatched two welding gloves around the rim of the holes. I built the floor of the cabinet so that the four sides of the floor all pitch to the center where the syphon inlet tube is mounted. Also mounted a flourecent light on top covered with lexan to protect the bulb. I cut out a hole in the back of the cab and installed a fixed plastic tube to it so that I can just hook up a vacuum to it to suck out the dust so that I can see while sandblasting. Every so often I have to replace the site glass because it becomes pitted and frosted over time from the sand hitting it. The cabinet works like a charm and there's no sweeping up sand afterwards. You can buy a cabinet but it was cheaper for me to just build one. I bought a syphon feed sandblasing nossel/hose kit because they're cheaper then the pressure feed setups but still work just fine for what I need it to do.

[Ken Layton]

Remember that sandblasting can warp sheet metal. Bead blasting is less likely to cause that. Any kind of bead or sandblasting can eat away too much metal on close tolerance parts so be aware of that problem, too.