Tools

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

Speaking of cabinets I have had a sandblasting cabinet sitting in the trash
at work for over a year now. Anyone in the Philly area can come pick it up
for free if they want. Nice quality cabinet too! It's pretty big but would
fit in the back of any pickup (VW included).

-Marc

'83 Volkswagen Scirocco California Edition
'84 Volkswagen GTI Pickup Truck
'87 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v *SOLD*

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Haygood [mailto:haygood@myway.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:34 AM
To: jdbubb@verizon.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org; sukchew@cox-internet.com
Subject: Re: Tools


My dad built a sandblasting box a long while back.  The ceramic gun tips
wore out quickly but the better tips (tungsten?) never wore out.  He built
the whole box out of wood and it had a few problems with his construction,
so he bought a new one from TIP.  I think he has been using glass in it.
Noticeably milder, and probably too mild for the 70 year old cast steel
Model A Ford parts he works on.  About right for Scirocco stuff, generally.
The glass did eat through the pickup tube in his unit after a couple of
years.  He bought a new tube but we decided we would just repair the next
tube when it fails. It has a bend in the pickup tube that gets blasted away
- even with glass.  Not a big deal and he uses the thing a lot.  



In Ohio I borrowed Brad's Harborfreight variety box.  He mentioned that he
didn't like it much.  I concurr.  The bottom is way too shallow to funnel
the media to the pickup tube, and it is a very small box.  BTW, you really
need a good vacuum hooked up to your setup, and you will kill a shop vac in
short order if you try to use that without a serious dust pre-filter ahead
of it.  I bet one of those rainbow water filtering vacuum cleaners would
work very well, but drying the media out to reuse it would be a pain, though
it rarely needs to be done.  Dad's TIP box came with a vacuum setup that
works well.



Chuck, come by town some time and I'll show you Dad's shop.  You will love
it!  



BH









 --- On Wed 06/28, Dan Bubb < jdbubb@verizon.net > wrote:

From: Dan Bubb [mailto: jdbubb@verizon.net]

To: sukchew@cox.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:36:45 -0400

Subject: Re: Tools



Sand blasting->aggressive and will remove metal. Leaves a relatively rough
surface. Will eat out the blasting jet with use which degrades blasting
performance.<br>Glass bead blasting-> doesn't appear to remove any material,
leaves the surface relatively smooth, takes forever to remove all signs of
corrosion on aluminum, very effective on rust, doesn't wear out the blasting
jet.<br>No experience with soda, but glass bead are so benign (other than
the fact they get into everything!) I never thought to use anything less
aggressive.<br>Dan<br><br>From: "Chuck Blue" <sukchew@cox.net><br>Sent:
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:50 PM<br>Subject: Tools<br><br><br>I just got my
blast cabinet set up so I can clean parts prior to the Powder
coating.<br>Has anyone used soda as a abrasive cleaning medium?.I like the
idea of soda but I don't know how effective it will be.<br>  I'm also going
to convert to LEDs for  lights.Any thoughts.<br>I think I'm afflicted with a
bad case of PCD as are some other Roccers.I think more tools may be the
answer. <br>ole
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