Gunsmithing Dust collector for Sandblaster?
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Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
Old vacuum cleaner with a really fine filter if your talking about the dust that blows up in the cabinet
Old vacuum cleaner with a really fine filter if your talking about the dust that blows up in the cabinet
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
I've been using a shop vac and it works decent, but the filter gets plugged pretty quickly.
I've been using a shop vac and it works decent, but the filter gets plugged pretty quickly.
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mscott</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been using a shop vac and it works decent, but the filter gets plugged pretty quickly. </div></div>
I use a shop vac aswell a sthil it's good but filter blocked quick but using a bag now aswell as filter and it's perfect
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mscott</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been using a shop vac and it works decent, but the filter gets plugged pretty quickly. </div></div>
I use a shop vac aswell a sthil it's good but filter blocked quick but using a bag now aswell as filter and it's perfect
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
I have been using a shop vac with a Gore CleanStream filter. I picked it up at Lowes for around $30. Works pretty good so far.
I have been using a shop vac with a Gore CleanStream filter. I picked it up at Lowes for around $30. Works pretty good so far.
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
Thats what I was worried about was the filter getting blocked up quickly.
Im looking at this hover one, and just get a better filter for it.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stor...ocStoreNum=4029
Thank you guys,
Kc
Thats what I was worried about was the filter getting blocked up quickly.
Im looking at this hover one, and just get a better filter for it.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stor...ocStoreNum=4029
Thank you guys,
Kc
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
I got a setup from these guys. Works very well and its not too big
http://www.badboyblasters.com/
I got a setup from these guys. Works very well and its not too big
http://www.badboyblasters.com/
Re: Dust collector for Sandblaster?
Be mindful of the shopvac route. The filters in most shopvacs are not made to pull particles out of the air down to the size of the stuff circulating in most blast cabinets (micron rating). Those small particles are then shot out into the open shop air around you where you breath them in. Light duty is one thing, but when you're settling in for a day of blasting and using a shop vac, you'll end up doing a week of hocking up black phlegm.
Tie a white t-shirt over the exhaust port of your shop vac and have at it for a small normal blasting session. Then look at the shirt after and see what you're breathing.
Be mindful of the shopvac route. The filters in most shopvacs are not made to pull particles out of the air down to the size of the stuff circulating in most blast cabinets (micron rating). Those small particles are then shot out into the open shop air around you where you breath them in. Light duty is one thing, but when you're settling in for a day of blasting and using a shop vac, you'll end up doing a week of hocking up black phlegm.
Tie a white t-shirt over the exhaust port of your shop vac and have at it for a small normal blasting session. Then look at the shirt after and see what you're breathing.
