Sandblast cabinet

IrvIA · Mar 16, 2014

Here's sandblast cabinet I built a couple weeks ago. I made every piece out of scrap plywood and OSB board I had. I lined it with tin to keep from have splinters in the sand. I made it 42" x 42" x 60", big enough so I could put a whole Ferguson hood in it. I found the grate in the metal recycling yard AFTER I had it built. I fit just about perfect. Beginners luck! I'm using a barrel vac for the dust, but it's not sufficient after running the sand through a few times. I'm going to look for a dust collector and run it straight outdoors. I have to expand my inlet opening also...not enough area. Works pretty good for having less than $100 in it. I already had the blaster, got it at a swap meet a few years ago for $40.

RedJA · Mar 16, 2014

Good job ,doesn't look homemade.Built one of those myself a few years ago.

Deere Scotty · Mar 16, 2014

Looks great! If it were not for the inconsistent look at the bottom, I would not bee able to tell its plywood.

IrvIA · Mar 16, 2014

Thanks, it's got a 2"x4" frame, square plastic pieces in the corners that I got on a yard sale, rods that hold up the rack off a dog pen, and closet rod brackets screwed to the ends to hold it up. How's that for being frugal!!! (Some folks would say cheap

) I think the grate might be a bread rack out of a grocery store. The gloves and rings I bought online.

Alan K · Mar 16, 2014

That is impressive. Very inventive using found parts...that is ingenuity.

IrvIA · Mar 16, 2014

How did you deal with the dust in yours?

RedJA · Mar 17, 2014

Dust is a problem I haven't solved yet. I cut a hole in the back and put a shop vac hose in.Didn't work very good. I switched from play sand to blasting media from Tractor supply and that worked better not as much dust. I also put a heat bulb in for light and that helped. The heat bulb was bright enough to cut through the dust. If you find a better fix please let me know.

showcrop · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 04:16:25 03/17/14) Dust is a problem I haven't solved yet. I cut a hole in the back and put a shop vac hose in.Didn't work very good. I switched from play sand to blasting media from Tractor supply and that worked better not as much dust. I also put a heat bulb in for light and that helped. The heat bulb was bright enough to cut through the dust. If you find a better fix please let me know.

What is the problem with the vac for dust? I have used my buddy's similar sized commercially built one a few times. He has a large shop vac and it sucks from the top right rear through a piece of nylon scrubbie type material. It doesn't suck the dust out instantly but it will clear it out pretty well within about ten seconds of stopping blasting.

RedJA · Mar 17, 2014

I built mine a little bigger than commercial one , maby that's the
problem I really don't know. I forgot to mention it my previous
reply , I have an old ventahood we replaced when we remodeled
our kitchen I thought about mounting in the top of mine. I would
first have to find a replacement fan for it. I believe that would
work better.

Cliff Nelson · Mar 17, 2014

My brother built on several years ago and used the blower out of an old clothes dryer to suck the dust out. The dust is then vented outside the building using flexible dryer vent pipe.

old-9 · Mar 17, 2014

Check out this video.
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dr sportster · Mar 17, 2014

Nice cabinet . I made mine too but the sheetmetal liner is a nice touch I don't have. If you use glass shot you may not need the dust collector that much. I don't have an outside blasting tank . All shot is picked up and sprayed from within the cabinet through a piece of EMT. The compressor feeds a foot pedal and the hose and gloves are from Trumans.Great job !

rustyfarmall · Mar 17, 2014

(quoted from post at 04:23:12 03/17/14)

(quoted from post at 04:16:25 03/17/14) Dust is a problem I haven't solved yet. I cut a hole in the back and put a shop vac hose in.Didn't work very good. I switched from play sand to blasting media from Tractor supply and that worked better not as much dust. I also put a heat bulb in for light and that helped. The heat bulb was bright enough to cut through the dust. If you find a better fix please let me know.

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What is the problem with the vac for dust? I have used my buddy's similar sized commercially built one a few times. He has a large shop vac and it sucks from the top right rear through a piece of nylon scrubbie type material. It doesn't suck the dust out instantly but it will clear it out pretty well within about ten seconds of stopping blasting.

I use a shop vac on mine. It works very good, BUT it seems the filter does need frequent cleaning. No problem really, but it seems to need it way more often than I had anticipated.

J-TEX · Mar 17, 2014

Very nice, just an added thought I did on mine, I put a peice of fine wire screen over the "rack" to catch small parts..ie bolts and screws, so they dont fall down in the hopper. it also catches bigger peices of trash so it does not clog the system up. easy to remove and dump in the trash can. just a thought!!!!

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

Sorry for the late replies, just got home from a tractor gathering.
Yea, that's a good idea on the screen. Another friend said he through an old piece of carpet in his to keep the sand from bouncing. I need to put a riser inside so small parts are up a little closer to the light and in line of vision. I just kind of guessed where the window and the gloves should be. Trying to get everything just right was kind of tricky.
The first thing I had to do was cut about 2 1/2" off the legs, because it was too high which made to chute almost too close to the ground. So it goes.
I'm using silica sand and probably run it through to many times, hence the large amount of dust.

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

I'm just getting started with it. I haven't tried glass bead of soda yet. I haven't figured out how to get it to recycle it on it own yet.

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

He's got a nice setup there. I really have room constraints. This building is an old hog shed my neighbor got to use for a garage before I bought the place. It's only 6 1/2" to the square. I could barely get the cabinet in under it.

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

Mine did good job on the first time around on the
sand but like I mentioned before, after a few times
through its getting pretty fine. My vac works good
but you do need to keep after the filter. I still
haven't increased my intake opening size, I'm sure
that will also help. Maybe tomorrow.

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

I never thought about using a dryer fan. That might work pretty good. I wonder if it would hold together if you put a 3450 motor on it.?? LOL

IrvIA · Mar 17, 2014

Many thanks to all for the comments and suggestions. That's what I like about this forum, everybody working together to help solve a problem or give encouragement.
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