RE: Media blaster troubleshooting

[Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Butch,
	We run our Harbor Freight blasting cabinet 8-10 hours a day 4-6 days
a month.  As others have mentioned, moisture can be a problem.  We've also
discovered that having too much abrasive in the hopper prevents the siphon
hose from pulling well especially with a coarse media.

	You may also want to look into a carbide tip if you don't have one
already - aluminum oxide is great but ceramic nozzles last like a white
shirt in a bar fight...

	
SC

-----Original Message-----
From: Butch Edison [mailto:waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 6:30 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Media blaster troubleshooting


I bought a Northern Tool Media blast cabinet some months ago. It is way
smarter than me and it hurts to say you've been outsmarted by sand and
compressed air!. I have a large snap-on 7 HP 175 PSI 80 gallon compressor so
think I should have enough air. I'm trying to use 70 grit aluminum oxide to
clean some wheels. The thing barely draws for awhile, then it will work like
magic for a couple of minutes, then back to nothing or next to nothing. I've
tried changing guns, running the media pickup tube in and out of the media.
Nothing seems to work for more than a couple of minutes. I have an air dryer
in line with the media cabinet.

If you've had some lessons learned with these things, please tell me what
you've found out through your use. This thing could easily end up in the
scrap yard, but I think it's probably something I'm just not understanding
about how to use it.

Thanks for any help. /Butch/ Ferndale, WA


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