MWF FEED
8th May 2022, 11:20 AM
I purchased one of those red imported sand blast cabinets from a friend who was a bit dissolutioned by its effectiveness.
Its been sitting around for a while, so I decided now was a good time to take a closer look at it.
All shop equipment is not always used often and in the case of a sand blast cabinet it probably falls into such a category.
However if a piece equipment does perform well whne called upon then it will probably get used more often also.
My intention with this sand blast cabinet was to imprve it where possible to make it something that was going to do what is required of it every once in a while.
So, I watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to improve my HF sand blasting cabinet.
There is a bunch of small upgrade ideas offered by guys just like us, that they seem to think will much improve the sand blasting capability of these cabinets.
It all seems quite logical and most items are really easy to do, so in line with the majority of ideas,
I plan for now is to add castor wheels as it seems a good idea for mobility, but also the unit seems a little too low in height for us westerners, so by adding wheels in my case should help to add a little extra height, so my elbows are better placed when in the glove sleeves.
Mostly, these upgrades only seem to require my time and a few cheap parts, so I feel like taking it on.
It became obvious, I needed to watch several videos to help me form an opinion as to which upgrades were beneficial and worth doing.
So off into the sand blasting wilderness I go.
plan for now is to add castor wheels as it seems a good idea to make it mobile, but also the unit seems a little too low in height for us westerners, so by adding wheels it helps to add a little extra height, so your elbows are better placed when in the glove sleeves.
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Its been sitting around for a while, so I decided now was a good time to take a closer look at it.
All shop equipment is not always used often and in the case of a sand blast cabinet it probably falls into such a category.
However if a piece equipment does perform well whne called upon then it will probably get used more often also.
My intention with this sand blast cabinet was to imprve it where possible to make it something that was going to do what is required of it every once in a while.
So, I watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to improve my HF sand blasting cabinet.
There is a bunch of small upgrade ideas offered by guys just like us, that they seem to think will much improve the sand blasting capability of these cabinets.
It all seems quite logical and most items are really easy to do, so in line with the majority of ideas,
I plan for now is to add castor wheels as it seems a good idea for mobility, but also the unit seems a little too low in height for us westerners, so by adding wheels in my case should help to add a little extra height, so my elbows are better placed when in the glove sleeves.
Mostly, these upgrades only seem to require my time and a few cheap parts, so I feel like taking it on.
It became obvious, I needed to watch several videos to help me form an opinion as to which upgrades were beneficial and worth doing.
So off into the sand blasting wilderness I go.
plan for now is to add castor wheels as it seems a good idea to make it mobile, but also the unit seems a little too low in height for us westerners, so by adding wheels it helps to add a little extra height, so your elbows are better placed when in the glove sleeves.
Attached Images
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https://metalworkforums.com/images/attach/jpg.gif 20220405_073003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=398420&d=1651966033) (127.7 KB)
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