So i bought a blasting cabinet from harbor freight and its awesome!(after some upgrades...)

[joel2000]

Great setup OP.

I have one I bought several years ago from HF also. Like yours mine needed some tweaking but works great now.
I use soda for my media to keep from dimpling what ever it is I'm blasting. I build bikes and hotrods from time to time and it has been worth its weight in gold to me.

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

Great setup OP.

I have one I bought several years ago from HF also. Like yours mine needed some tweaking but works great now.
I use soda for my media to keep from dimpling what ever it is I'm blasting. I build bikes and hotrods from time to time and it has been worth its weight in gold to me.

Yea im getting into different stuff also. Apparently you can blast plastic(polymer parts? ) with the right stuff. And polish wood, and peen metal.. and...

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

Great ingenuity. You sound like me, always "saving" stuff that I'll figure out a use for later.

Making it up as you go with what you have is half the fun.

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

Great job and write up. Too bad you are so far away I could give you some serious work with all the tools I inherited from Dad and Grandpa.

I got a pile of wilton and wetzler clamps i got from my dad im goin to town on soon. They came from granddad and great uncle in philly/nyc circa 40's-50's i believe.

 

[4ssss]

I like that home made dust collector. Nice job

 

[GAGunguy]

You can use a battery charger to remove rust - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...EEC4C3D8EB3CD5F93FE9EEC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

You can use a battery charger to remove rust - https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...EEC4C3D8EB3CD5F93FE9EEC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Thats on the list too. The charger i have is newer and doesnt do a float charge, so i think i need to put a dead car battery in line with it to keep the voltage, but i havent researched it extensively. Dead car batteries are surprisingly hard to come by when you actually go looking for one. I called several parts stores and mechanics near me but they sounded like they thought i was crazy. I guess not many of them are ODT junkies...

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

I like that home made dust collector. Nice job

Dude it works great. You can order one for pretty cheap but i think you have to mount it on a bucket anyway, so i figured id give this a shot, and im satisfied so far.

 

[GAGunguy]

Thats on the list too. The charger i have is newer and doesnt do a float charge, so i think i need to put a dead car battery in line with it to keep the voltage, but i havent researched it extensively. Dead car batteries are surprisingly hard to come by when you actually go looking for one. I called several parts stores and mechanics near me but they sounded like they thought i was crazy. I guess not many of them are ODT junkies...

I had one setup on the past and its pretty cool to see the rust just magically get removed.

 

[Red Squirrel 556]

My only regret is that its not bigger, but i figure I'll run into that with every tool project i endevor for the rest of my life. Its just in my nature.