Upgrade your Sandblaster! Harbor Freight Sandblasting Cabinet Upgrades.
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- In this video we take a look at some of the Harbor Freight Sandblasting Cabinet mods I did out of the box to improve performance and convenience. If you are thinking about adding a sandblaster to your home workshop, watch this video. You can really improve this cabinet with an extra $75 dollars or so!
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I did the gravity feed mod exactly as you did it. It's gone from working maybe 5% of the time to %100 of the time. Thanks a lot for showing this - I really needed it to work and it did.
Glad I could help
Thanks for the straight forward, informative video. I recently picked up one of these cabinets at the flea market for $60. It came with four types of media. I can see myself using all of your modifications. It hadn't occurred to me that it would be nice to have the blowgun inside the cabinet but now it seems obvious. I will probably add a vacuum system of some kind and a rotary table.
Check out my video on the poor man's foot pedal. Game changer!
1:20 I bought 1/4 inch riv nut kit and put riv nuts in it. Makes it easy to screws the bolts in and out, without worrying about losing the nuts as they are locked to the red plate
Great idea! I am getting close to needing to replace the glass/plastic. I think I will do this.
Very nice addition to the shop! Very smart upgrades
Thanks for watching. It’s proven useful, and a lot cleaner than the grinder!
Thank you for making a well produced video and sharing your knowledge.
Absolutely!. I have a video coming soon covering an inexpensive foot pedal for this cabinet. Stay Tuned!
Thatta boy! Great upgrades that will serve you well for many, many years to come. This is what we do and why we do it..........
Thanks brother. Its working out good so far!
@@GarageHobbyist hi
Great video, Smart upgrades. I just did a video on past blast cabinet upgrades on the bench model and putting together a metering valve vid. I will try to catch your live stuff in the future. Good luck with the garage.
Thanks for watching! It sure is handy have a blast cabinet around!
I installed the Eastwood Foot Pedal and Gun (item # 21133) and a Skat Blast Sandblasting Cabinet Pickup Tube (#6442-04) and have zero problems with my Harbor Freight cabinet. By keeping the overall design simple, the better designed siphon tube and gun allow a much shorter run for the blast media to have to travel resulting in less CFM's/pressure needed for everything to perform flawlessly.
Hey man, thanks for the tips. I'm looking for a cheap way to get rusted cast iron clean without using electrolysis, and I'm close to buying one of these. I appreciate the time you put into this video. Subscribed.
No problem! It’s great for cleaning up scrap metal to reuse
@1:52 replace the nuts with female thread star knobs. I did something similar on mine. Totally agree the original is a pain in the arse. I installed rivnuts and did male thread star knobs.
Some rivnuts work great for the glass. Wont have those bolts & threads exposed. Also adding a cyclone separator will save your shop vac. filters. They sell them at HF now.
Rivnuts are a great idea! This works for now, but I may do that when I need to replace the glass!
Nice finally got it together I’ll bring that sand finally
10-4. I bought a bag but I’ll take an extra or 2 to have
First like and comment for ya buddy. Nice video
Thanks for watching brother! 🤘
how did you get the regular air flow from right to left? Most im seeing online/amazon is left to right. Can this we reversed?
That DIY metering valve is pretty sweet. I did my own version of the "ultimate" build a few years ago. For a grand total of $280 it was worth every penny. I recommend sealing every single seam with some PL200 or similar urethane as well as doing the vent louver. Makes a big difference overall. Either way nice upgrades on a budget for sure!
They actually include a tube of silicone in the box now! I was pleasantly surprised by that.
@@GarageHobbyist Silicone is the last thing you want to use. The particles can get embedded in whatever you're blasting and cause issues later when it comes time for paint or powder coating. At least they're trying tho!
@@DaneSaysStuff That's good to know. I'm mainly just cleaning up scrap metal for welding and forging projects, so hopefully I don't have much of an issue.
@@GarageHobbyist In that case no you'll be good. Will be burnt right out.
What's the best sealant to use that won't cause paint issues?
I am not understanding how the "metering valve" works as you have it set up... Or maybe I missed something in your video. If the sand does not pass through the valve itself, then what are you metering?
Good video. Looking at one of these cabinets, and I do not see the dimensions listed. Will a 15" truck rim fit inside for blasting? EDIT: I see you answered this in closing, thanks!
Only thing I may do is get a foot operated gun. Large items aren’t that fun after a while.
After doing the siphon tube delete mod I can get mine to flow continuously. If I play with the tip I get a good venturie and it starts flowing but then stops
I went to a little larger diameter nozzle and it helped a lot. The humidity we have had is giving me issues, but there’s nothing I can do about that
I put mine together today, the funnel panels just needed to be flipped over, I almost bent them and realized they just needed to be flipped.
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️. I can’t believe I didn’t figure that out. Oh well, it’s together and working great!
What size hose are you using for your media feed? Also, what size piping are you using?
Hose is 1/2" ID. The first tee is a 1" - 3/4" reducing tee, then a 3/4"-1/2" reducing tee with a 1/2" -1/4" bushing for the ball valve. At the end there is a 3/4"-1/2" bushing with the 1/2" barb for the hose.
what size bolts did you used for the glass mold on the top, also what water/oil separator are you using? Thank you
The separator was just from Menards for a compressor. The screws I want to say were 10-32, but I don’t remember the length
Any part numbers or links for the flange and associated parts for the valve?
I’ll get some for you this evening
Does the air line attach to the top of your ball valve? If so, hodo you prevent blow by back into the Tee Fitting?
No, the air is only attached the the gun. There is nothing attached to the top of the valve
What size fittings an hose did u use?
The bottom of the cabinet is 1 x 1 x 3/4 tee. Then there is a 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/2 tee with bushings to reduce down to the 1/4” ball valve and a 1/2” hose barb. The hose is 1/2”.
what media do you use..
Right now just the black sand
What cfm compressor are you using?
Its 5.7 cfm at 90 psi. Its a little small, but it works fine.
@@GarageHobbyist what psi do you run the cabinet on and how long can you blast before running out of air? I need a sand blaster but I don’t need a huge compressor. I hate to buy a big air compressor just for sand blasting.
@@kfranklin308 I run it at about 80 psi and Have a few minutes before it kicks on. Compressor keeps up ok, but I do let it catch up once in a while
How many gallons is it, if you don’t mind me asking. I have a 6 gallon pancake compressor, and I have a feeling it may not keep up?
@@wiggenvan Its a 20 or 22 gallon. I honestly don't think the 6 Gallon is going to give you enough blasting time to be worthwhile.
or just save up a little and get an Econoline, even a used one
Nah, I prefer having a warranty