I am slowly working on fixing up my rusting 45. I got a 120V Hobart 140 wire feed welder with gas a few years and and have been busy practicing grinding.
I wanted to sand blast the many rust spots on the body, but not strip down the entire cab and box at one time to get blasted by a professional place. I needed a home sandblasting rig so that I could tackle one spot at a time, on my own schedule.
A couple of weekends ago I picked up a used Husky 60 gal compressor that claims 13.5 cfm at 90 psi. Enough to run a small sandblaster unit.
As space is always a challenge, and I didn't want to spend a lot, I bought a cheap siphon type blaster from Home Depot. It is on the US HD website for $9. In my local HD it was $39. I found a Harbour Freight type store that sold an identical unit for $18 and HD reluctantly matched it.
This is the unit.
Husky Sandblasting Kit - HDS12600AV at The Home Depot
The unit is made by an has Campbel Hausfeld markings on it and the warrenty card is sent to them.
Here are the compressor and the sandblaster.
I wanted to sand blast the many rust spots on the body, but not strip down the entire cab and box at one time to get blasted by a professional place. I needed a home sandblasting rig so that I could tackle one spot at a time, on my own schedule.
A couple of weekends ago I picked up a used Husky 60 gal compressor that claims 13.5 cfm at 90 psi. Enough to run a small sandblaster unit.
As space is always a challenge, and I didn't want to spend a lot, I bought a cheap siphon type blaster from Home Depot. It is on the US HD website for $9. In my local HD it was $39. I found a Harbour Freight type store that sold an identical unit for $18 and HD reluctantly matched it.
This is the unit.
Husky Sandblasting Kit - HDS12600AV at The Home Depot
The unit is made by an has Campbel Hausfeld markings on it and the warrenty card is sent to them.
Here are the compressor and the sandblaster.
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