Marty Escarcega wrote:

Harold is right on, COMPRESSOR, BIG COMPRESSOR!, when I first got mine
and used it, I was in love, until I found my little compressor wouldn't
keep up.

That might be the hard part for me then... I have a fairly small
compressor, it was about the best one I could find in the 110v range at
the time since that's all I had available in the garage. I've got 220 out
there now (and more money than I had back then, too) and I suppose I could
step up to something large if I had to, but I don't mind having to take a
break between blasting bursts if I have to. That's how I do it now...
extended air tool use just means I have to take breaks, which I should be
doing anyhow. I worry that what I have would be just plain too small from
the get-go, it's a DeVilbiss 125psi unit rated at 11.9cfm. I tend to buy
air tools rated as being quite thrifty with their air usage, but even they
tend to require breaks now and again especially when using die grinders and
cutoff wheels.

No fear about people wanting to borrow usage of the cabinet, though. I'm a
cantankerous hermit, and people tend to avoid me! Oh sure, it gets lonely,
but I save lots of time on showering that way.

One thing about the dust extraction, as I hadn't considered that... I can't
discharge it into the outside air, that'd be a problem. I do however have
a good sized shop vac with a HEPA filter, plus I always use vacuum bags
with it as well. Does that seem like a sufficient method of handling it?
The bags seem to capture most of anything particularly troublesome, and the
HEPA filter would definitely capture the rest without clogging up too
quickly. That would be the fastest method of handling the situation for my
current setup.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, it sounds like a blasting cabinet
might be the next ideal purchase for my ever growing garage!