Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/1/5 0:03:52
Got a new tool for the garage. My wife picked up a basic blast cabinet from Harbor Freight for me for Christmas, and I spent the last couple of days getting it up and going.
It's a benchtop model, but my bench doesn't have the room for it. So I built a simple stand for it using spare lumber I had laying around. I put some casters on the bottom to allow easy repositioning. I plugged the air hose hole in the rear of the cabinet, and drilled a new hole in the front. There I hard-mounted an air line connection. Following similar build on YouTube, I made up a water trap dust and particle collector using a 5 gallon bucket, some hose, and pipe fittings. The dust exits the cabinet, gets forced into the water, and clean air goes to the shop vac. Light in the cabinet is provided by an external LED panel that I already had on hand.
I'm using 70/140 glass bead and so far the cabinet has worked great. The media flows freely using the stock pickup tube and gun. No leaks that I've noticed in the cabinet (I caulked anything that the factory had missed).
I pulled a couple parts off to test them out. The voltage regulator cover and the hood latch both needed attention. They cleaned up nicely, and are currently sitting in paint waiting to cure.
Overall I'm very happy with the setup. I hope to find a good technique to get nice and smooth paint finishes. I'll probably need to sand a bit after primer. Some pieces will need filler to fix dents.
-Kevin
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It's a benchtop model, but my bench doesn't have the room for it. So I built a simple stand for it using spare lumber I had laying around. I put some casters on the bottom to allow easy repositioning. I plugged the air hose hole in the rear of the cabinet, and drilled a new hole in the front. There I hard-mounted an air line connection. Following similar build on YouTube, I made up a water trap dust and particle collector using a 5 gallon bucket, some hose, and pipe fittings. The dust exits the cabinet, gets forced into the water, and clean air goes to the shop vac. Light in the cabinet is provided by an external LED panel that I already had on hand.
I'm using 70/140 glass bead and so far the cabinet has worked great. The media flows freely using the stock pickup tube and gun. No leaks that I've noticed in the cabinet (I caulked anything that the factory had missed).
I pulled a couple parts off to test them out. The voltage regulator cover and the hood latch both needed attention. They cleaned up nicely, and are currently sitting in paint waiting to cure.
Overall I'm very happy with the setup. I hope to find a good technique to get nice and smooth paint finishes. I'll probably need to sand a bit after primer. Some pieces will need filler to fix dents.
-Kevin
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