Tips to Make Your Cheap Sandblaster Perform BETTER // Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2022
- With the many new upgrades to my garage, I figured this was a good time for me to swap out the smaller bench top sand blasting unit from Harbour Freight for a larger standing unit, for multiple reasons. When working on cars that see 4 different seats, corrosion and oxidation play a big role in shortening the service intervals for many components of a car, so if you can remove that oxidation and corrosion, and then protect it with a protective coating, you can have your car back on the road without having to buy new parts. Pay for this sandblasting setup once, and save yourself a ton of money in the long run. In this video, I go over the many upgrades I’ve done to my new cabinet to greatly improve my blasting experience.
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Some things I have learned in owing my HF cabinet. First, the pickup tube is useless, make yourself a metering valve (look on UA-cam on how. The gun itself is in need of work. Bore out the air passage to 5/16", remove the air fitting and the on/ off valve inside the gun and open the hole from the bottom where the air fitting was. Next the orifice needs to be opened to 1/8". Next, put a thin O ring on the ceramic nozzle where it meets the gun body and put 1 layer of Teflon tape on the threads where the nozzle ring screws on, media WILL get in those threads and you won't be able to unscrew it. On your vacuum, get the filter bags for inside of it and use a HEPA filter on it to. The dust from blasting rust is so fine that it will get past your dust deputy and through the plain paper filter on the vac and into the motor. Look arou7nd on You Tube for other mods, you'll be glad you did them
I'm a fused glass artist.... you killed it on this and I'm sold...
That's amazing bro! I love the content you bring us and the extra care you always put into your vehicles. Cheers!
I appreciate that brother! 👊
Great tips!
I would even suggest even more water separation than just one tiny inline.
I couldn't agree with you more! I will be making a rig with copper tubing and drain valves. I'll make a video about it in the future 👍
Hey I always get so much good info out of your videos. I’ve used a lot of the how to videos for my 370. Keep up the amazing videos 👍
As a dust collection and dust mitigation consultant, I can guarantee that elbow right before the cyclone is killing its effectiveness. You want straight, laminar flow entering a cyclone. I’d mount the cyclone inlet the same height as the cabinet outlet and connect them with at least one foot of straight pipe.
Do you mean turn the bucket on its side so the pipe can go straight from the cabinet to the bucket?
Excellent video 📹 👏
Great info mate . Keep up the awesome work
Thanks Michael! I appreciate it brother 👊
This will help so much just got my new sandblaster to redo everything on my 9th gen si, can't wait to be on track!
You're going to love it when you get all of the smaller upgrades done to the cabinet! 💪
Good video thanks for the info
Definitely glad he reminds us a few times he has the money/space for all of this.... 😆 🤣
Great video. Nice tips! 👍
Thanks Krispy! 🤘
Thanks for the tips 🔥🔥🔥
You bet Adam!
Great tips ! CanaBlast make solid industrial machines that are made in Canada. They sometimes come up for sale at auctions or online, worth considering when in the market for a machine. Best guns are the Binks type or copies of.
Good insight. 👌
Love these tips! I'm a big fan of these 80/20 type videos where you can buy a tool for 20% of the price of a top tier one and get 80% (or more) of the performance with a few inexpensive upgrades. I wonder if ceramic coating the inside of the cabinet would help with preventing the media from sticking to the side door and glass?
very solid. thx
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Different suction system ("metering valve") did not make so much difference for me yet but it allowed me to put filtering mesh over the intake inside the box, so it's not CONSTANTLY clogged by pieces of paint. I had to block the gun opening and blow it to blow air back to the sand so it cleaned but it always worked few seconds and got clogged again because the paint was falling back to the intake. Also the original intake is too high and lot of sand rests on the sides of the bottom or all around the box on the frame and it looks like you have a lot but it doesn't work because it's hardly sucking anything. From all the DIY metering valves, I reccomend using only 1" knee right underneath the trapdoor (no extension down, there is lot of space for the rest to fit and you would only lose space under the box), connect directly (no middle piece) to the 1x1x1/2" T (the one with 1/2" side where you mount the valve) and the rest is up to you - reduce to hose connection and hose. To mount it to the trapdoor, I found very short 1" insert that was threaded from both sides but both threads were meeting in the middle. It was enough to put it in the knee and mount a reduction from 1" to 1&1/2" and the trapdoor got clamped between this reduction and the knee, when tightened. Excellent. I have to take at least outside picture of it, when I get back to work, I haven't done that yet
Big power blasting
Very nice video.
Thank you very much!
Nice!
Hey champ. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed Davey 👊
💡ADDITIONAL BLASTING VARIABLES 💡
✅ Humid vs. dry compressed air
✅ Hazy vs. new window film
✅ Large vs. small blasting gun tip sizes
✅ Different blasting media for different substrates
✅ Medium (60psi) vs. High (100psi) pressure air
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS?
Milan I fkn miss you brah 😭so glad your back
Im wondering. If I just removed the filter from the shop vac, do I really need the dust deputy? Will running the vac without the filter hurt it somehow? BTW, great video.
Hi do you think that glass media is better than other ones? also the pick tube is working great?
Should add an Aftercooler to the IR compressor. I added one to my 60 gallon T30 (got a detailed vid on my channel) and it’s a game changer for dry air. Also add a drain extension and ball valve ($15) to the bottom of the tank and relocate to one of the legs to easily dump the water everyday. That moisture will destroy the bottom of the tank over time.
At 11:10, what i did was taping the holes in the door insulation where sand can collect. also I always give a good punch on the door before opening so the dust falls down.
At 17:28 you tell dangerous half knowledge. you are saying that sandbalsting doesn't damage the substrate/the part itself. that's not true because when you blast a metal piece and use glass beads or corundum there is always an abrasion. So you should have mentioned, that people should be careful when blasting high precision areas like sealing surfaces on pump casings or parts which have to maintain their tolerance after that like centerings on machine parts.
Also that black color looks like you have sprayed it on just for the video. Its easy to remove, but try this with 20 year old primed and painted parts. its not that fast anymore.
Anyway, this video is a great source of Information. Thanks a lot!
Hi, just a question.. shouldn't the shopvac be connected to the backside, instead of the side? Now the air that is taken in, is blowing down into the media creating additional dust?
The bigger sandblasting cabinets that have the big dust extraction connected to it, are also all connected to the back, to the hole where there is a cover on the inside, point downward.
I have the similar tabletop blasting cabinet and i am going to try connecting a shopvac to the back, see if that works.
Hey buddy, great video! Where is the harbour freight in Ontario I’m from Montreal! thanks
How did you get that original air coupler off your air gun to upgrade to a quick connect?
The best upgrade for these is an external pressure pot. The cheap harbour freight one is perfect. It uses far less air and is about four times as quick as the siphon setup. Also you can get a tungsten carbide tip, the ceramic nozzles wear out very quickly but I've been in the same tungsten tip now for 8 months doing about 4hrs blasting a week.
Do tell…
@@FloroBeggins An external pressure pot. Sod the siphon.
Can you explain it further, or link something? Thanks. I noticed last night as I was using my blaster that it seemed to sputter. The hose kept moving like it was burping. Was blasting 80 grit glass bead, 60 gal compressor set to 90psi. Have an air drier at the cabinet.
I viewed a video where the dust collector system was connected to the Exhaust port in the back of the cabinet. You and several others have the dust collection system connected to the dust port on the side of the cabinet. What is the correct method?
On the harbor freight light remove the end cap and pull out the white sheet that's in there and the light will works great
Nice!! When should you change out the blasting media when it looks excessively contaminated with rust particles and does not strip as it should??
You don't even have to, since the metal 'flakes' that come off any steel part will just get smaller and smaller the more you blast them. They will occasionally gum up the gun, however it isn't really a concern otherwise.
Hi Milan …..please help me where did you get muffler
I have honda accord v6 2009 😢
You should have that sand blaster bolted to the dolly if you're going to have it setting on it and moving. Videos 6 months old so I'm sure its changed by now
While you certainly deserve a KUDOS for your commentary, the reality is that you have a UNICORN for a HF Gun!! The single fact your particular gun A) Works, B) doesn't leak C) syphons correctly is simply a UNICORN!!! LOL. Good job though.
Build a curtain in front of the door of thick rubber liner
I’m going to rebuild my n14 mini is it worth cylinder sleeves and camshafts in addition of what you did?
I wouldn't say so. It makes more sense to do thicker sleeves or closed deck block if you're making a shit ton of power, and for camshafts, it is only very beneficial when you're needing that little bit of extra power, or if you're staying naturally aspirated.
Dude, we miss your videos! Feels like an old friend we saw long ago! Let us know what you up to.. LOL
Does anyone have issues with the internal air hose popping off? I've tried different clamps and reduced pressure and it still pops off
Hey bro nice , I watch your channels a lot especially when u had the z . Do really think that the invidia cat back exhaust is really restrictive for power
Hey Torvarris, the Invidia exhaust is a decent upgrade over stock as it sounds nice, it isn't obnoxious, and you do get a bit less restriction from the exhaust, however it is still a bit on the restrictive side of things. A GReddy Evo, a Motordyne Shockwave, or even a Tomei TI-C will give you the most power from an aftermarket exhaust system. Hope this helps!
@@milanmastracci thank you , was it a night and day difference in power . Am thinking about selling my invidia for an upgraded exhaust
I might’ve missed it in the video, but have you done any powder coating? I’ve seen UA-camrs like Cameron niemela get really good results using a normal oven. Seems like the next step after sandblasting something so well.
I have no done it, however with a blasting unit like this, doing some powder coating would be the next step 👍
Sir can you please send me the valve lash specs for a 2014 Honda Accord EXL Coupe 3.5l V6 .
How many pounds of media should I buy to start? 40lbs?
I have that same compressor great unit ! It runs to die grinders no problems , best $1300 I ever spent I use it daily to change tires and run all my air tools only thing that I see wrong with the unit it should’ve came with a magnetic starter as the pressure switch isn’t the greatest . But all in all I have no complaints I am going to do some upgrades to make it better ! Hope yours is doing well also .
Lately when i lokk for a used one, people are asking the price of a new Snap Off (HF) unit.
Where you at bro? Its been over a month since you have uploaded....
hmmmmm kind of want one lol
It's crazy how useful they are!!
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Hello, how can i contact you about the business cooperation?
Really tired of you tubers more interested in showing their face that what they are doing. I'm done with this video.
The best tip is to buy quality, Econoline, not this junk
Vac setup should be on rear of cabinet where the baffle is. Not the side. Watch rays blast cabinet upgrade videos.