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Sparky---That does work, and works very well. During my design career I did a lot of pit and quarry work, and when all else failed to make a bin discharge, a bin vibrator generally solved the problem.----Brian

Today was "add a light day". Yesterday I went to Busy-Bee Tools and they didn't have anything. Next I went to Princess Auto, and they had what I needed for $62 including tax. After much haggling and whining, I bought a light kit and wall transformer for $42.00. Then today I spent another $14 on...

dsage---Don't be confused. There will be a vacuum and dust collector attached to the cabinet while it is being operated. The extra plumbing is to ensure a better delivery of sand to the gun.---Google "improvements to Harbor Freight Sandblaster".---Brian

Today I put the piece of supporting grid/screen back in the cabinet and hooked up the air pressure hose to my old Sata sandblaster gun which originally came with a one quart cup. I have two things left to address now, the viewing screen and some kind of light for inside the cabinet. The original...

Once again I have worked up to the point where my body is yelling STOP and okay, I will. Today I spent $13 more on a tube of clear silicone and 20 small bolts and nuts to replace the drilled out pop rivets. This brings my total cost up to $189. I have two pictures to post----One from the...

Well, so far, so good. The plumbing is all assembled on the underside of the sandblaster cabinet. The sheet metal this cabinet is made from is very thin. So---You can see that I put a bolted on brace from the end of the plumbing up to the bottom of the cabinet. Now I have to make a list of bits...

This morning I took the mesh tray out of the sandblaster cabinet to allow access to the inside bottom, to install the hex nut that holds all my new piping in place.---Wouldn't you know it---the mesh and surrounding bits of tin were all pop rivetted into place!!! I had to drill out about 16 pop...

And as the day wears on--One more trip to the hardware store to buy what pipe fittings I didn't get the first time---another $18 which now brings my sandblaster to $176 total outlay. The old cabinet that I bought must have been made before the fancier models with the swing down door, as mine...

Today I spent $24 for pipe fittings to go on the outlet of my sandblasting cabinet. At first I wasn't going to do this, but decided that today, while I still had everything apart I might as well go ahead and do this. This brings my total cost up to $158 , still cheaper than anything I could have...

And at the end of what has turned out to be an 8 hour day, I have two finished adapter rings. If I had to pay machine shop rates, these would be two very expensive adapter rings. One of the good things about having your own machine shop is setting around at the end of the day, thinking of what...

First adapter done--well, almost done. There is a skin of material about 0.030" thick left in the center that I will remove with a chisel. I don't really work with wood, but the lathe tool doesn't know if it's cutting metal or wood. I'm very pleased with this first one, hope the second one goes...

YES!!! My bandsaw blade arrived today and after installing it I roughed out two pieces of hardwood to become adapters for my sandblaster gloves.

Today I am bored to death!!! My new bandsaw blade hasn't come in yet, and I can't really do anymore work until I have it here. I am setting at my computer cruising the internet, learning about a whole world of crap that I care nothing about.

Another dust collector design I like---

I will check out the cyclones on amazon.---Brian

Today I did nothing--except---watch about a hundred video's about sand blasters. I am becoming the world's leading authority on sandblasters, even though I don't have one up and running yet. The actual gun I'm using works well, as I have had it for a few years now--it was originally designed to...

Yesterday I made up the shelves that fit below the sandblaster and painted them. Nothing there exciting enough for a picture. I have spent much of today looking at various modifications made to Harbor Freight sandblasters on Youtube. I am not going to make any of these modifications until I see...

Very nice work Andrew. I wish that all of my engines started so easily and ran so well.---Brian

The adapters require 6.75" outer diameter circles. You could knock those corners off in the lathe but it would be a lengthy process.

Today, nothing of value was accomplished. I have to make a pair of adapters to fit the new gloves onto the existing sandblaster cabinet. Priced out some 1.5" thick aluminum and it was too expensive. Found an oak plank that I had squirreled away and decided to use it, but the bandsaw blade was...