Sandblaster For Cleaning Small Parts

Sandblaster for cleaning small parts FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 17-3-31 "I bought a small portable sandblaster from Sears and liked it for small cleaning jobs but it was messy to use in the shop since it sprayed sand all over. Mother problem was that it wasn't easy to reuse the sand," says Leonard Appleman, Johnstown, Neb., who turned the Sears unit into an enclosed sandblaster that lets him reuse sand and also does a better job of containing sand. "I mounted an old fiberglass fertilizer hopper on angle iron legs, positioning it at a comfortable work height. I added a funnel on the bottom and a plexiglass lid - set into an angle iron frame - that gives a full view of work inside the hopper. "I cut two holes in the front of the hopper for my hands and put a piece of split rubber hose around each hole to protect my arms from fiberglass splinters. I put a light inside and attached a shop vac which sucks out the fine dust so I can see the workpiece while blasting it. "The lid hinges up and I set my work-piece on an old stove grate to keep it from falling down the funnel. The sand tube and air hose come up through holes in the bottom of the hopper. I use a pair of heavy rubber gloves to protect my hands. As I use the sand, it falls to the bottom, out the funnel, and back into the Sears blaster to be used again. "The original Sears unit can be easily removed for outside use on bigger projects." Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Leonard Appleman, Rt. 1, Box 358A, Johnstown, Neb. 69214 (ph 402 722-4465).

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