Thanks Don, great info, the small should do the trick. My compressor is a
campbell hausfeld 60 gallon 7.0 hp rated at 10.3cfm @ 90 psi, (pretty sure
thats stretching it a bit) and i'm presently using some aluminum oxide with
it. This gun will be perfect. Thanks again,
walt

"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:29:03 -0800, "wallster"
wrote:

hey Don which gun would you buy? the S-25s (Small Trigger Operated Power
Gun
Siphon gun requires 4-8 cfm, 3-5 HP air compressor.) or the S-25m (Medium
trigger operated
power gun siphon gun requires 10-15 cfm, 5-7 HP air compressors)
I have this compressor:
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...99-1126-VT6329
I ordered the small, I figured the rated 10.3cfm is a stretch for the
compressor. Your thoughts? It's not too late to change the order)
walt

Same gun either way. Only difference is the nozzle and orifice
supplied with the gun. I think I ordered the S25m because they sold
the additional nozzles and orifices in sets of more than 1 and I
figured (correctly) that I'd use the small far more than the medium.

There are two things different about this gun from others: the
pickup tube is different (and better) and in the S-25 you change both
the nozzle and the orifice to change capacity.

If the pickup tube supplied doesn't fit in your cabinet, it's easy to
copy the design in one that does. I made mine out of conduit. Keep
the old one intact for when you might want to siphon- blast larger
parts outdoors from a bucket or bag of grit or sand. That gun will
not hicccup or hesitate as long as your air and grit are reasonably
dry. I take no heroic measures to keep either dry, have no problems.

Lowe's website told me "that item is no longer available" so I can't
scope your compressor. You can still use the S-25m with lower
capacity, just stop now and then to let the compressor catch up.

I use the small nozzle and orifice 90% of the time, just use the
medium when I want to shoot crushed walnut shells to blast tenacious
paint off of soft metal (brass or aluminum) without distorting or
roughening the metal. The walnut shells don't feed thru the small
setup at all well but work fine with the medium setup.

Hint: bird bedding from PetSmart is crushed walnutshells and CHEAP!
It . works great for blasting even very tenacious paint off of soft
metals like aluminum and brass without frosting or distorting the
metal.

I rarely need to blast anything that won't fit in my small cabinet.
On the few occasions I do, I take it to a guy with a huge Sculley
diesel compressor and a blasting barn (with a silo full of sand to
feed it). that can accomodate a semitrailer, He'll do a lot of
blasting for 50 bux.