Be anxious to see how you like it over time. 40 years ago I bought a sand blast cabinet (still have it) and tried a large air cleaner assembly off a Buick along with other things before I finally punched a hole through the shop wall and installed a dryer vent. I've never looked back. The other advantage to having it vent "outside" is I use the cabinet as a paint booth .... probably more than I use it as a blast cabinet !
For my blasting cabinet i use a wet capable vacuum with a voltage regulator hooked up for suction finetuning via a drum with water, my cabinet dust get pulled out my cabinet the dust goes through a pvc pipe ending at the bottom of a feed drum (drum with lid seal to maintain vacuum) the drum half filled with water covered with floating balls (i had the balls left over from an anodizing kit i once bought, they are table tennis ball size but heavier and they float on the water surface preventing splashing)), the dust is wetted by the water and sinks down, cleaned air gets sucked up from the water drum through a pipe connected to the vacuum where the last dust is collected in the filter (although i never noticed any dust in the filter, the water catches all). I just use a cheap Karcher vacuum with a voltage regulator, you can also buy a bit more expensive model that has this built in (i got one of those also for shop cleaning). Every now and then i clean the water drum from mud and replace water. For a blasting cabinet it is the most effective dust extraction. So basically i run a pipe from my sandblast cabinet to the bottom of a water filled drum with screw lid. I second pipe creates vacuum above the water surface so only route for dusty air is through the water. (i used standard pvc fittings to actually create one pipe down into the drum and made a pipe within a pipe so i could deal with only one pipe entry and seal through the lid, i epoxy glued a pvc pipe through the lid to ensure vacuum, works ike a dream. You can just as easy use two pipe penetrations through the lid, one for the vacuum connection and one for the underwater dust extraction pipe from the sandblast cabinet. I messed around with cyclones and such but in the end this was best solution for me.
I found that I had to put something like a scotchbright pad over the inside of the hole for the dust extraction unit because it had a bit to much suction and it would suck all the air born blast media into it and it would empty the cabinet in no time. By putting something over the hole to cut the suction a little bit it kept it clean so I could see what was going on and left the media recycle. It works great. Plus the container can be emptied and if it is not in bad shape I give it a sift to remove any bits that would cause a problem and I reuse it a couple times. Once it turns into a light powder it's done and gets replaced, but it cut the amount of blast media used to a quarter. Good luck with the new toy.
I had the same problem when i started using my cabinet years ago, my solution i use a voltage regulator on my old dedicated karcher vacuum to prevent this, if you tune the extraction suction your media will remain in the cabinet and fine dust gets extracted. I also use a drum with water to catch and trap the dust. See other post with description for info.
Can't wait to see how this one works for you! Been thinking about picking one up. I'll be curious to see how you dump that and how fast it builds up in there?
There is a follow-up video coming out soon. Short version? It keeps the cabinet nice and clear so I can see what I'm doing while sanding. Love it! Only downside is that it is LOUD! I wear earplugs.
Does the square plate that comes with it go on the inside or outside? I haven't been able to figure that out... not sure what the point of the plate is... lol
@@FarpointFarms Good deal, from what I can glean from the online photos it's on the outside... Just seems like a kinda odd piece. Thanks for the answer, cheers!
Hope we get to see you blast something really rusty so we can see the results. I restore old barbell plates and that would be ideal instead of wire brushing which takes forever.
Be anxious to see how you like it over time. 40 years ago I bought a sand blast cabinet (still have it) and tried a large air cleaner assembly off a Buick along with other things before I finally punched a hole through the shop wall and installed a dryer vent. I've never looked back. The other advantage to having it vent "outside" is I use the cabinet as a paint booth .... probably more than I use it as a blast cabinet !
I was thinking about venting it to the outside. The one at work is like that, and I'd rather not inhale any nasties.
For my blasting cabinet i use a wet capable vacuum with a voltage regulator hooked up for suction finetuning via a drum with water, my cabinet dust get pulled out my cabinet the dust goes through a pvc pipe ending at the bottom of a feed drum (drum with lid seal to maintain vacuum) the drum half filled with water covered with floating balls (i had the balls left over from an anodizing kit i once bought, they are table tennis ball size but heavier and they float on the water surface preventing splashing)), the dust is wetted by the water and sinks down, cleaned air gets sucked up from the water drum through a pipe connected to the vacuum where the last dust is collected in the filter (although i never noticed any dust in the filter, the water catches all). I just use a cheap Karcher vacuum with a voltage regulator, you can also buy a bit more expensive model that has this built in (i got one of those also for shop cleaning). Every now and then i clean the water drum from mud and replace water. For a blasting cabinet it is the most effective dust extraction. So basically i run a pipe from my sandblast cabinet to the bottom of a water filled drum with screw lid. I second pipe creates vacuum above the water surface so only route for dusty air is through the water. (i used standard pvc fittings to actually create one pipe down into the drum and made a pipe within a pipe so i could deal with only one pipe entry and seal through the lid, i epoxy glued a pvc pipe through the lid to ensure vacuum, works ike a dream. You can just as easy use two pipe penetrations through the lid, one for the vacuum connection and one for the underwater dust extraction pipe from the sandblast cabinet. I messed around with cyclones and such but in the end this was best solution for me.
I found that I had to put something like a scotchbright pad over the inside of the hole for the dust extraction unit because it had a bit to much suction and it would suck all the air born blast media into it and it would empty the cabinet in no time. By putting something over the hole to cut the suction a little bit it kept it clean so I could see what was going on and left the media recycle. It works great. Plus the container can be emptied and if it is not in bad shape I give it a sift to remove any bits that would cause a problem and I reuse it a couple times. Once it turns into a light powder it's done and gets replaced, but it cut the amount of blast media used to a quarter. Good luck with the new toy.
Thank you, thanks also for sharing that tip- it is a pretty good idea
I had the same problem when i started using my cabinet years ago, my solution i use a voltage regulator on my old dedicated karcher vacuum to prevent this, if you tune the extraction suction your media will remain in the cabinet and fine dust gets extracted. I also use a drum with water to catch and trap the dust. See other post with description for info.
Can't wait to see how this one works for you! Been thinking about picking one up. I'll be curious to see how you dump that and how fast it builds up in there?
There is a follow-up video coming out soon. Short version? It keeps the cabinet nice and clear so I can see what I'm doing while sanding. Love it! Only downside is that it is LOUD! I wear earplugs.
@@FarpointFarms Fantastic, thanks for the information sir!
Does the square plate that comes with it go on the inside or outside? I haven't been able to figure that out... not sure what the point of the plate is... lol
@@RedBeardOps I put it on the outside. I think it would be fine not to use it at all, but it's just a bit of reinforcement for the unit to mount to.
@@FarpointFarms Good deal, from what I can glean from the online photos it's on the outside... Just seems like a kinda odd piece. Thanks for the answer, cheers!
Hope we get to see you blast something really rusty so we can see the results. I restore old barbell plates and that would be ideal instead of wire brushing which takes forever.
I will have a follow up video coming out at some point. I was working on cleaning up some rust VW parts
very nice both units
Yes they are, I was very excited to get one
You said in part one you would test it out in part 2. THIS IS PART 2 and still no test. Thumbs down for wasting my damn time
It hasn't been posted yet. You might be surprised to hear this, but I have a life outside of youtube.