Kain
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im ordering the headers now and ill pick up media in the morning and the blaster
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harbor freight sand blaster?
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Kain
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had to order from jegs
summit was out of stock and wouldnt ship till 8/24
summit was out of stock and wouldnt ship till 8/24
Kain
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well everything is on order or i have, now to wait...............waiting sucks.......
Let us know how it turns out
All we had at first for a blaster was the crappy $10 type you shove in a bag of sand ,that has a "gun" to suck the sand up (siphon feed)--it was a pain,and didn't work well..
One day a customer saw us using that p-o-s and said "gee--I have a pressure pot blaster given to me,my uncle had after he passed,and I already had one I bought--you guys can have it if you let me swap some parts for it"..so we did..
It was a "Sanborn" pressure feed one,and it looked like it was used very little..right away we loved using that one,it did need a lot of air though,and the electric bill went WAY up after we used it a few weeks..the compressor was a 5 HP ,60 gallon Champion ,but only single stage,so it ran nearly continuous while we were blasting--it topped out at 110 PSI..
My co-worker there decided to make a copy of that Sanborn blaster--he took a 100 lb propane cylinder we had someone scrapped ,that was like new,he cut off the top about 6" down ,and flipped it over,and cut a 4" hole in that piece,so it was like a funnel,like the Sanborn unit..welded that back on the tank..
He made a "filler plug" from a harmonic balancer pulley,welded up the bolt holes in the pulley,and welded a rod for a T handle in the center hole of it,and used inner tube rubber for a seal between it and the "funnel" --just like the one on the Sanborn tank had ..he had to drill a hole in the bottom for the ball valve and air fittings,and he just copied how the factory built one was plumbed up...it turned out to work just as well as the Sanborn one did..
We had a tow behind compressor someone junked there,but never was able to get parts for it and get it working right..that would have been sweet,that thing put out 80 CFM and could run more than one jack hammer at the same time..and the gas to run it would have cost less than electricity too probably..
One day a customer saw us using that p-o-s and said "gee--I have a pressure pot blaster given to me,my uncle had after he passed,and I already had one I bought--you guys can have it if you let me swap some parts for it"..so we did..
It was a "Sanborn" pressure feed one,and it looked like it was used very little..right away we loved using that one,it did need a lot of air though,and the electric bill went WAY up after we used it a few weeks..the compressor was a 5 HP ,60 gallon Champion ,but only single stage,so it ran nearly continuous while we were blasting--it topped out at 110 PSI..
My co-worker there decided to make a copy of that Sanborn blaster--he took a 100 lb propane cylinder we had someone scrapped ,that was like new,he cut off the top about 6" down ,and flipped it over,and cut a 4" hole in that piece,so it was like a funnel,like the Sanborn unit..welded that back on the tank..
He made a "filler plug" from a harmonic balancer pulley,welded up the bolt holes in the pulley,and welded a rod for a T handle in the center hole of it,and used inner tube rubber for a seal between it and the "funnel" --just like the one on the Sanborn tank had ..he had to drill a hole in the bottom for the ball valve and air fittings,and he just copied how the factory built one was plumbed up...it turned out to work just as well as the Sanborn one did..
We had a tow behind compressor someone junked there,but never was able to get parts for it and get it working right..that would have been sweet,that thing put out 80 CFM and could run more than one jack hammer at the same time..and the gas to run it would have cost less than electricity too probably..
Kain
3/4 ton status
Well crap the headers are here and the paint will be Tuesday
Kain
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Making a template to see where it will go and it will be close to shift linkage
Kain
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these tuck nice and dont drop below the frame rail very much if at all will know wensday
Kain
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told my buddy the eastwood paint and i was brushing it on and he ordered and sent me one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Powe...ty+feed+spray+gun+600cc&qid=1593906740&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Powe...ty+feed+spray+gun+600cc&qid=1593906740&sr=8-2
Kain
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the Paint came in today
Kain
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i did the silver before and wanted to try the satin black
https://www.eastwood.com/satin-black-hi-temp-coating.html
https://www.eastwood.com/satin-black-hi-temp-coating.html
Kain
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The spray gun came in
Kain
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well as soon as the sun comes up a little more I will get started
Kain
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Well I gues the media that I got is crap or the blaster is crap went and got some stripper
Kain
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That’s not fun
Kain
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ok have an update the media was wrong for what i was doing got some walnut from harbor freight fine cut and it did pretty good and then paint stripper from walmart and there now painted will post a pic later
Kain
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Will get more later
Kain
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Had to take a break but I think I’ll get em in later today
looks great! sounds like it was well worth what you paid
