Tom@Hilltop_Machine
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2005
- Location
- Rural Retreat, VA
The big cabinet Harbor freight sells is a good product especially if you get it on sale. I think mine was $169 after using the coupon. If you have a cabinet you know there are some down falls to it though. The light sucks and the gun is marginal. There are plenty of youtube videos showing the different upgrades. I watched a bunch and took the best of each one and here is what I did to make mine more user friendly.
Here is what we are starting with:
On the table I have electrical stuff, light, and plumbing fittings I got from Home Depot. Next is the Skat Blast gun C35 I got from TP Tools. Next is the foot pedal SBC420 I got from Greg's Equipment. And on the end is a Cyclone powder dust collector I got from China via Ebay.
First thing to do was to separate the cabinet and remove the crappy light.
I built a box with a switch for the floodlight and a receptacle for the vacuum to plug into.
I then made a baffle to cover up the exhaust port and riveted it on. This should cut down on a lot of the media getting sucked out.
I then cut the screen down so I can get taller items into the cabinet.
The screen needed a little support so I took some 1/2" conduit and made a simple support.
Instead of using a pick up tube like the old set up that was always in the way. Im going to have the gun siphon media from the bottom and cut a hole in the side of the cabinet and used 5/8" hose. The grommet is from a valve cover.
I then pulled the media dump door from the bottom and drilled and bored a hole to fit the pipe fittings I bought.
I then took a 5 gallon bucket, some pvc fittings and the cyclone and got it fitted up.
Man does this thing kick butt now. I grabbed a rusty bolt and it worked great. If you have one of these cabinets I recommend the upgrades. It makes it much more user friendly.
Here is what we are starting with:
On the table I have electrical stuff, light, and plumbing fittings I got from Home Depot. Next is the Skat Blast gun C35 I got from TP Tools. Next is the foot pedal SBC420 I got from Greg's Equipment. And on the end is a Cyclone powder dust collector I got from China via Ebay.
First thing to do was to separate the cabinet and remove the crappy light.
I built a box with a switch for the floodlight and a receptacle for the vacuum to plug into.
I then made a baffle to cover up the exhaust port and riveted it on. This should cut down on a lot of the media getting sucked out.
I then cut the screen down so I can get taller items into the cabinet.
The screen needed a little support so I took some 1/2" conduit and made a simple support.
Instead of using a pick up tube like the old set up that was always in the way. Im going to have the gun siphon media from the bottom and cut a hole in the side of the cabinet and used 5/8" hose. The grommet is from a valve cover.
I then pulled the media dump door from the bottom and drilled and bored a hole to fit the pipe fittings I bought.
I then took a 5 gallon bucket, some pvc fittings and the cyclone and got it fitted up.
Man does this thing kick butt now. I grabbed a rusty bolt and it worked great. If you have one of these cabinets I recommend the upgrades. It makes it much more user friendly.
