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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
leaks and clumps up... what is the
BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. Are you using good sand? My Sears sandblaster (circa 1973) clumps and spits with "Play Sand" but works perfectly with graded sandblast sand. Gary Brady Austin, TX |
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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:24:51 -0800, "wallster"
wrote: I have an HF cabinet that i added a light and vacuum system and it works alright but the gun absolutly sucks. It leaks and clumps up... what is the BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. I have a similar HF cabinet, also added a light and vacuum system, The HF gun clanged the can before I even had grit in the box; I knew it was junk, just wanted the cabinet. I've been very satisfied with the TP Tools S-25 gun. www.tptools.com |
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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
I have an HF cabinet that i added a light and vacuum system and it works
alright but the gun absolutly sucks. It leaks and clumps up... what is the BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. thanks, walt |
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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
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. |
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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
i'm using 80 grit aluminum oxide i bought at tractor supply.
walt "Gary Brady" wrote in message ... leaks and clumps up... what is the BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. Are you using good sand? My Sears sandblaster (circa 1973) clumps and spits with "Play Sand" but works perfectly with graded sandblast sand. Gary Brady Austin, TX |
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Don, you're not the first person who recommended the s-25 (did a google
search) but i couldn't find the website for it. Thanks for the link, I just ordered the S-25 gun, cant wait until it arrives! Thanks, walt "Don Foreman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:24:51 -0800, "wallster" wrote: I have an HF cabinet that i added a light and vacuum system and it works alright but the gun absolutly sucks. It leaks and clumps up... what is the BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. I have a similar HF cabinet, also added a light and vacuum system, The HF gun clanged the can before I even had grit in the box; I knew it was junk, just wanted the cabinet. I've been very satisfied with the TP Tools S-25 gun. www.tptools.com |
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in need of good sandblasting gun, please recomend
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 "Don Foreman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:24:51 -0800, "wallster" wrote: I have an HF cabinet that i added a light and vacuum system and it works alright but the gun absolutly sucks. It leaks and clumps up... what is the BEST gun available, i cant take the crappy gun any longer. I have a similar HF cabinet, also added a light and vacuum system, The HF gun clanged the can before I even had grit in the box; I knew it was junk, just wanted the cabinet. I've been very satisfied with the TP Tools S-25 gun. www.tptools.com |
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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 ... 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. |
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