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[RossKnight]

Well I've had my sand blaster a while now, and doing it outside is horrendous, and obviously, i was losing my expensive blast media, so I needed a cabinet. I made one out of a small box that I could just fit my wheel in, but it was shitty and i couldn't turn the wheel around, or move at all really. Not to mention the fact it wasn't air tight and I was still breathing everything in, and couldn't see a thing.

 

So I decided I needed a cabinet, but I didn't want to buy one of those big red ones for about £180, so I set off to wickes to get two sheets of 18mm MDF for £30. I had to take a small trailer as that's all I had, and typically, I couldn't find any of my ratchet straps, so had to make do with rope. Also, it was the windiest day EVER.

 

 

So this is the plan I made on sketch up roughly, but to scale.

 

 

Did some cutting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looked like i was going to need to build noahs ark at one point, so i dragged everything inside, much to the annoyance of my mum.

 

 

 

Weather seemed fine again, I went out, pilot holed everything, screwed it all together and voila

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then caulked all the seams on the inside so it's now sealed and hopefully I won't die now when I do some sand blasting, like the last one.

 

 

It was then a case of loading it into the CRV, which isn't roomy at all, and if you hadn't noticed, the cabinet is bloody huge! Luckily, the glass tailgate opening, allowed just enough room on that corner, and I drove it up to the barn and it's now sat on the workbench.

 

 

Next up is to cut the arm holes for the gauntlets I bought, and then cut a large opening on the lid you could see in the above photo, and get some anti glare perspex in it. Then I'll get a light on the inside, put an extraction port on, and air fittings for the gun.

 

In the future, I'm going to make a frame for it, and put a funnel looking thing on the bottom so I can get the grit out easily, but for now, I'm just going to scoop it out.

 

 

Ta

[JewSkii]

such a cool build. even if you only save like 50$ still good to know you made it yourself 

[Ethel]

Seeing it in the that Honda gives me an idea, if you could pick up an MoT failed hatchback to cut the hatch end off...

[One step at a time]

Nice little build.
I take it you've already got the compresure ect.
Will you be using persex or glass for the screen?

[Guess-Works.com]

One small A few observations....

Where's the used media going to go ?

 

With a flat bottom you will be blowing spent media around the cabinet therefore making it very difficult to see what you are blasting...

 

Most cabinets have a conical bottom to collect the media in what is essentially a sump, and those which are the suction type obviously draw from this sump.

 

You will also need some form of extractor to remove that airborne media from view...

 

Finally a tip..

 

Use Toughened safety glass for your viewing aperture, make sure it s removable, and then I use a clear plastic laminate which I attach to the glass for the interior. It's a clear plastic which is normally put over graphics to prevent damage from stones grit etc... every so often I remove the glass and mop the plastic to reduce the fog, and when it gets too bad, remove and replace the plastic... For speed I have two glass panels so can swap over to a clear one immediately.

[RossKnight]

such a cool build. even if you only save like 50$ still good to know you made it yourself 

 

Well I've only spent £40 all in on this, so that's saving me about £120 on one that's half the size, so haven't done too bad!

 

Seeing it in the that Honda gives me an idea, if you could pick up an MoT failed hatchback to cut the hatch end off...

 

 

Nice little build.
I take it you've already got the compresure ect.
Will you be using persex or glass for the screen?

Thanks

Yep, got a 150 litre which works for the blaster no problems, keeps up with it fine, it was just the previous cabinet that was causing me problems.

 

One small A few observations....

Where's the used media going to go ?

With a flat bottom you will be blowing spent media around the cabinet therefore making it very difficult to see what you are blasting...

Most cabinets have a conical bottom to collect the media in what is essentially a sump, and those which are the suction type obviously draw from this sump. I said in the post next up I'll be making a coned bottom for it, i'll have a grate above the bottom opening, so whatever i'm blasting is sat above the media, and i can recycle the media easily.

 

You will also need some form of extractor to remove that airborne media from view... As above, i said in the post i'll be sorting extraction next too

 

Finally a tip..

 

Use Toughened safety glass for your viewing aperture, make sure it s removable, and then I use a clear plastic laminate which I attach to the glass for the interior. It's a clear plastic which is normally put over graphics to prevent damage from stones grit etc... every so often I remove the glass and mop the plastic to reduce the fog, and when it gets too bad, remove and replace the plastic... For speed I have two glass panels so can swap over to a clear one immediately.

 

Good tip, originally I was going to just use a sheet of 5mm clear perspex as I was worried about using glass, but I didn't think about placing the plastic sheet in front of the glass.

 

 

 

Thanks all.

[megamini_jb]

Nice job so far!

[Ben_O]

Nice work Ross! It's going to be a monster of a cabinet when finished

[RossKnight]

Nice job so far!

 

Ta :)

 

Nice work Ross! It's going to be a monster of a cabinet when finished

 

Slightly overkill considering I only really needed to blast 4 sets of 10s... but now it means i can do anything haha, got some bike frames etc that need doing.

 

 

 

Popped up and did a little bit more.

 

 

 

 

Only got the arm holes cut in, and the flanged soil pipe I'm using, then sealed them in. Got some jubilee clips to hold the gauntlets onto the pipe. I also acquired a sheet of perspex perfect for what I need, so I'm going to use that until it goes all foggy and then get some proper stuff sorted out.

[ANON]

arm holes are way to small

[Broomer]

arm holes are way to small

I have seen his arms and they are quite weedy.

[Bubblebobble]

You might want to make the lefthand panel as the entry , like most sanders are . It will save you have in to lift stuff in and damaging the cabinet .

[RossKnight]

arm holes are way to small

 

What are you on about arm holes are way too small, don't you think I would have tested this beforehand? 

 

 

Lighten up mate, it's almost easter.

Edited by RossKnight, 03 April 2015 - 08:47 PM.

[RossKnight]

You might want to make the lefthand panel as the entry , like most sanders are . It will save you have in to lift stuff in and damaging the cabinet .

 

Was originally my plan, but now I'm putting it in a space where it's flush to a wall one side, and only about 40cm of space the other side, so not really do able. For the amount i'll be using it, i think it'll be fine with a top mounted lid. 

[sonikk4]

 

arm holes are way to small

 

What are you on about arm holes are way too small, don't you think I would have tested this beforehand? 

 

 

Lighten up mate, it's almost easter.

 

 

I'm glad you edited your comments. And folks give him a chance to do the build.