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This site is completely free and there are no costs. Please enjoy and provide feedback.I think dust control will be my biggest need. I know people do the shop vac with Dust Deputy thing but it’s not clear to me if they run any kind of filter in the cabinet or does the vac simply suction unfiltered air from the cabinet?
Mine has a little cone style pleated filter on the inside that has a thin foam prefilter on it. In my brief testing of this system with the vac attached it seemed like the cone filter got so packed with dust that very little air was moving.
Sounds exactly like mine. I spent probably as much time as you did trying to put the old one back together plus finding the rest of the pieces. I decided to just call. They were very helpful. Actually I got two. When I was putting mine together I caulked and taped all the corners. I found air leak in glass so I taped that leaving enough room to peek through the clear spot between the shield. Yes the light inside suck and I end up putting other lights on top. I had a nice light but I brake the charging cord , so now I get to find a new one. I have one air filter off the compressor and haven’t had a moisture issue yet. 3/8 25’ foot hose. My only regulator is on the compressor set at 180psi. I find when it is around 90-100 it blast nice. Got mine for small parts, bolts ect.. I do wish I got the next step bench top but so was the price. In the first picture my vac is on and gloves straight out. As you knowMan, I’d like to hear more blast cabinet talk.
I think I have a very similar bench top cabinet (sold under the name Redline) and my
Latch did the same thing. The parts of the latch are held together by two stiff hairpin looking springs that are just stuck in there but not really held in solidly. Took me 20 minutes to get the latch back together when it fell apart once.
I used caulk when I assembled to lessen leaks. Put foam tape on the top lip so the door seals better.
I bought some cheap plastic sheets to tape on the inside of the window so the glass doesn’t get etched but the you can barely see through the the plastic after a bit.
What I’m not happy with-
Can’t see shit. I’m using the light it came with
plus a little magnetic LED work light that I wrapped in plastic (so it doesn’t get sand it in).
Inside gets so much dust in the air. I bought a dust collection device (kind of the the dust deputy but shorter and snail shell shaped) to help save my shop vac if I try to vacuum the air. Do you still use the cone shaped air filter inside the cabinet to pre filter or no pre filter?
I’m probably not using the driest air so the gun clogs sometimes. Gotta hold your hand over the nozzle and pull the trigger to clear it.
Gonna try one of those tennis ball sized filters you use on a spray gun and see if it helps.
Fortunately our air is pretty dry here so moisture isn’t a huge problem.
I’ve got a bunch of brackets and stuff to do pretty soon and want to get this thing working better so it’s not so frustrating.
I may have to do a few of your upgrades. ThanksI bought the cheap HF bench cabinet, but did some upgrades on it. The HF benchtop doesn't come with a light, so that sucked from the beginning, but I bought this LED light and WOW, what a monster difference that made.
Next, the cabinet came with a piece for glass and plastic stuck to it to protect the glass view window. Next upgrade was going to Lowes and I had some glass cut the same size as the view glass and put the cheap lowes glass facing inside the tank, and that made another big difference. It cost me $20 for 2 pieces cut (one to use, and a spare).
Next was a vacuum. I had a crappy old 2 HP little vac used for cleaning out the cars, so I bought a new one for cleaning out the cars, then repurposed the old one to reduce the dust fog on the cabinet. I have 1 air inlet at the top that's hooded (prevent the media and dust from escaping) and in the opposite end some fittings to make the shop vac fit tight to the cabinet. That was another game changer.
Lastly and most likely some of your problem, about a year ago I spend some coin on reoutfitting my compressor to dry the air. Cost me in the neighborhood of $400 to buy filters (4 of them) and oil coolers behind the compressor head to cool the air before it went in the tank. Having dry air is paramount for blasting and I can tell you first hand, none of the media has ever gummed up on me, but I guess you have to weigh the cost to the results. I use that compressed air for everything and I've seen my air tools fail because of moist air, so in the long run for myself, it was a no branier.