Build your own Blast Cabinet on the cheap!

[Skyeye]

Ok fellow Cafe Racers! I finished my home built blast cabinet and thought I'd give you all a brief tutorial and see what you think. I made it mostly from scraps I had laying around but I did purchase the following:

1. Used oil drum - $10.00, make sure you get one with a removeable top!
2. Blast gun - I bought mine at Tractor Supply for $20.00
3. Air hose fittings - <$10.00
4. Under cabinet light - from Wal-Marx $9.00

Things you can scrounge:

1. Heavy rubber gloves - freebie from my neighbor
2. Old pair of blue jeans - you'll see why soon!
3. Paint - Grey primer here
4. 6" length of steel tube for arm holes, a piece of Lexan and steel sheet for window frame

Here it is ready to blast! The siphon is in a bucket of glass beads, and the cabinet is hooked up to the shop vacuum.

Siphon in the bucket.

End cap showing the siphon, electrical cable for light and the air hose attachment.

Removeable lid with shop vacuum attached.

Inside the barrel showing a small shelf and the blast gun - Campbell Hausfield.

Cheapo gloves. Just sleeves made from old blue jeans sewed to the rubber gloves.

Finally the interior light.

Hope you like it!!

Scott

 

[Staffy]

Brilliant.

 

[tWistedWheelz]

Thanks Scott, After blasting for a while do you just swept the media back into the bucket for your siphon?

 

[Skyeye]

Wheelz,

Yep, I just sweep the media out of the cabinet and sift it through a screen then re-use it. Simple and really not that messy.

Scott

 

[Useful Idiot]

How'd you fab the arm holes and attach them?

 

[VonYinzer]

Great stuff!!!

 

[Big R]

Man, how many pieces do I have to cut my frame into to fit into that barrel? Kidding - this is good stuff

 

[Skyeye]

Useful,

The arm holes are just some 6.5" thin wall tube I had lying around, I cut them to 8" long and MIG welded them in place so they stick into the cabinet about 2" to attach the gloves. The biggest PITA in the whole process is cutting the holes in the drum for the window and arm holes.....you can always cut a hole bigger but you can't cut a hole smaller!

Scott

 

[msimm43]

Gold star for you. Nice work.

 

[guitargeek]

Well done, sir! That looks exactly like the sort of thing I might build!