[non_car] New Mini Project

[M@tt 77]

As if i don't have enough things to be getting on with i've decided to make my own sandblasting cabinet on the cheap. After seeing this one online it inspired me to have a go myself.

 

 

so after some searching i found a local firm that let me have a drum with clampable lid for free and i've bought a continuous hinge from Focus for £5.

 

So the next step is to give it a bit of a clean up on the inside, get some cheap gloves from Arco and start making the wooden viewing window and drum mounts

 

what you reckon?

[M_R_205 5 1 Cars]

im also very inspired!!!

[mickie 3]

very cool

[M@tt 77]

just bought some full arm length rubber gaunlets off ebay for £9.30 delivered (cheaper than arco)

 

[Atari Boy 11]

I will watch this interest Matt, good job although on there own, the gloves look very dodgy .

 

How are you planning do the actual sand blasting part?

[Peetypug 5]

What are the dimensions of the drum?

I have one that looks very similar that I use for a bin

[Richie 32]

Been watching blue peter? Gloves would look good with a gimp mask. Cool idea though, post your piccies as you go along! Be interesting to see the final result.

[feb 47]

Good idea but gloves look dodgy indeed!

[M@tt 77]

yeah if you type "rubber gauntlets" into ebay you get some very strange results coming back, gag ball anyone??

 

To start with i'm going to just use on of those syphon pot guns (i've got a cheapy aldi jobbie already) so all i'll need to do is feed an airline into the cabinet (might put a quick release connector on the tank so my external hose can just connect up to it when needed). I think the guy who built the original one pictured at the top just filled the bottom of of the drum with blast media and had the gun sucking it straight up out of that.

 

It will need some for of air filterto stop the air venting out of it from blowing sand/grit everywhere, I'm thinking an old 8v air filter and housing would proabbaly do the job nicely with a bit of flexible ducting

 

Pete > The drum is one of thsoe 55 gallon/ ~205l jobbies its about 55cm wide and about 90cm high

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Only thing id say is make sure you can remove and replace the viewing window easily! They cloud up and scratch very easy making it impossible to see where/what your blasting LOL!

 

Love it, cant wait to see it finished.

[M@tt 77]

Cheers Ed, yeah the orginal article mentioned the exact same thing, so i'll keep that in mind.

 

just found these on ebay

 

 

150mm 6" Duct to Wall Connector Hydroponics Vent

 

which will be perfect for attaching the gauntlets to and securing to the drum, £9.17 delivered for 2 of them

[base-1 17]

Fantastic.

[jimistdt 1]

Great project this one M@tt, what ballast will you use for it?

 

Good luck with it.

[M@tt 77]

I've got some little pots of powder that came with my syphon blast gun but they won't last long i don't think, so i'll probably try and get some from a local blasting place up the road from me.

Edited August 26, 2009 by M@tt

[qwerty 9]

Thats incredible

 

I also will be making one of those

 

was just going to buy a mini gazebo as my crazy neighbour tried to kill me the other day for covering his plants in shot blasting sand

[Fox 3]

What a good Idea!

 

Keep us updated, I'm interested in making one myself!

[miamichris 9]

I built a sand blasting cabinet a while back. I just made mine out of plywood, sort of a large box (about 4 feet long by 2 feet deep) that sits on a stand, with a hinged front so you can lift it up and put parts inside, the front has a big perspex viewing panel as well.

 

That drum idea is vey clever actually! I'll have to put a photo of mine up sometime, I made the bottom of the box slatted (like hot press shelving, a pallet etc) so the grit can fall through.

 

Only problem is we bought a small sealey sandblaster, and its been quite sh**e so far Can't get it blasting properly yet, the grit doesn't seem to want to feed, I need to do a bit of fiddling with it sometime and get it working!

[M@tt 77]

I called into the local dump on the way home and managed to convince the bloke there to let me have a rumage through the fridges there for some wire shelving which i could use as a base to put the blasting items on, not sure if dump raiding officially makes me a pikey now though!!

 

 

whilst i was there i noticed that the cooling rack on the back of a fridge/freeze would be perfect to make a single piece bed out of but i didn't have any tools with me so couldn't take one off but might snap up a fridge on freecycle if someone advertises one locally before taking it to the tip myself minus its cooling rack

[sonofsam 5]

Cool stuff M@tt, when not in use I would bring it indoors and play some Crystal maze esque games with it

[24seven 104]

Cool stuff M@tt, when not in use I would bring it indoors and play some Crystal maze esque games with it

 

 

 

 

The image in my head of a grown man playing "crystal maze" with an action man in a sandblasting tub is hilarious.

[miamichris 9]

I called into the local dump on the way home and managed to convince the bloke there to let me have a rumage through the fridges there for some wire shelving which i could use as a base to put the blasting items on, not sure if dump raiding officially makes me a pikey now though!!

 

"Matt of the dump" good work though, I like the way its made from random recycled stuff.

 

A big bbq grill would work too, or the side chopped out of an old shopping trolley!

[miamichris 9]

I called into the local dump on the way home and managed to convince the bloke there to let me have a rumage through the fridges there for some wire shelving which i could use as a base to put the blasting items on, not sure if dump raiding officially makes me a pikey now though!!

 

"Matt of the dump" good work though, I like the way its made from random recycled stuff.

 

A big bbq grill would work too, or the side chopped out of an old shopping trolley!

[johny105_y2k 1]

will be following this.

 

great idea

 

and no it doesn't make you a pikey. a pikey would of just ramraided machine mart for one.

[M@tt 77]

right had a bit of a bash on this thisafternoon

 

checked the fridge Shelves fitted ok - check

 

Marked up viewing window location and arm hole positions, added a little pic as i was bored

 

made a viewing window frame out of MDF, although i might redo it tomorrow as nto completely happy with it

 

cut the viewing window hole out, flattenend the edges of the ribbed sections and drilled holes for the screws

 

cut the lid and fitted the piano hinge.

 

I put a few stitch welds round the bottom section of the lid to secure it to the main drum. This means when the lid clamp isn't on it all still stays inplace

 

but overall i'm pretty happy with the progress, more to come late rin the week

[jord294 87]

excellent work mate

 

i could do with making one of these myself. shall i just follow this topic or will you be doing a handy step by step booklet or downloadable guide?

 

i'm sure a lot of people would be interested. especially knowing where to get materials from

 

cheers