Sanblasting cabinet. SCA ?

Anyone running a Super Cheap Auto 100L bench top Sandblasting cabinet ?
And is it any good or complete POS ?

I don't need a flash one and I will only use it for small parts maybe weekly ( very rarely gun parts ! ) at best but monthly for sure.
These are cheap, don't take up a lot of space and come complete with everything to get operational.
I do still have the option of a 15 minute drive to a friends and use of a big flash foot control sandblaster is i have anything that won't fit in the 100 unit

I've got one, they are ok but the lighting is pretty average inside them I have a few of those cheap leds with magnets on the back to boost it . At $379 I'd wait till they had a sale though

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Originally Posted by paremata

I've got one, they are ok but the lighting is pretty average inside them I have a few of those cheap leds with magnets on the back to boost it . At $379 I'd wait till they had a sale though

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What he said +1

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Originally Posted by akaroa1

Anyone running a Super Cheap Auto 100L bench top Sandblasting cabinet ?
And is it any good or complete POS ?

I don't need a flash one and I will only use it for small parts maybe weekly ( very rarely gun parts ! ) at best but monthly for sure.
These are cheap, don't take up a lot of space and come complete with everything to get operational.
I do still have the option of a 15 minute drive to a friends and use of a big flash foot control sandblaster is i have anything that won't fit in the 100 unit

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They are OK. I sit an additional light on top looking in. The trick (essential) is to have a very good vacuum hooked up to it and things will remain clear as day in there. Oh and a good water trap.

Check out Topmaq prices, We had one at work used daily and it never missed a beat. Probably from the same factory in China.

I originally got one of the smaller bench top ones from toolshed (I think they all the same). I did the job but extraction was an issue as soon filled with floating dust so you struggled to see. I now have bigger floor mounted unit and hooked up a shower extractor fan, which works great.

All good feedback
I'm not expecting them to be great .... just good enough

Not sure what brand I have. I wish I had of silicone the joins when I put it together as it leaks sand onto the floor.
I also ended up using the gun off my pot blaster.
Definitely need a light.
Attaching a vacuum helps to see what you are doing

I went with a big free standing Ironside 220 litre cabinet sand blaster
Just running some glass at the moment that came with it
But will switch to garnet when I get to town and pick some up

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Please post your experience with this. I’m keen to buy one as well.

Beats the heck out of my cardboard box, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by akaroa1

I went with a big free standing Ironside 220 litre cabinet sand blaster
Just running some glass at the moment that came with it
But will switch to garnet when I get to town and pick some up

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Same as mine, should do the job, you might just find you need to add extraction so you can see inside..

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Originally Posted by Fssprecision

Same as mine, should do the job, you might just find you need to add extraction so you can see inside..

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My workshop is in my largely unused ( semi retired ) joinery workshop and i have plenty of extraction.
I just need to find a semi permanent location for it and hook it up to the nearest inlet

so...this water trap that is mentioned.....I assume thats a bit like a pot smokers bong??? air/dust is sucked through water trap and the particles are trapped in water to reuse later???

I have a machinery house benchtop unit. I made rubber seals that sit in holes that I cut on each side wall so I can pass a barrel and action through. My recommendation would be to pull it apart when new and put it back together with a good silicon or other seam sealant adhesive in every panel joint as mine leaks at every join, other than that its a pretty decent unit for the price. We use the same ones at work for specific alloys and blasting grits to avoid cross contamination on sensitive stuff, so I have seen 3 of them last in an industrial environment for 6 or 7 years now.

What are you guys using for satin finish blazing gun parts?
And where from

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Originally Posted by akaroa1

What are you guys using for satin finish blazing gun parts?
And where from

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Glass beads from The Tool Shed. Regulate the pressure to get different levels of satin on different materials. For example, I find 30-40psi is plenty for a fine satin on aluminum before anodizing. More like 60-70psi for stainless.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so...this water trap that is mentioned.....I assume thats a bit like a pot smokers bong??? air/dust is sucked through water trap and the particles are trapped in water to reuse later???

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I suspect he means keeping the compressed air dry to avoiding clumping/clogging.