I have long wanted a blast cabinet. I have reviewed the Spurlock plans. But, like you say, it sure is a big box! And I have so little extra room in my shop. Hmmmm. Do you have a picture of your box? Keys look great! I hate doing some really great work on a set of keys and shipping them out when the still look like cow pies. Terry Farrell > I use a blasting cabinet which is a hybrid of Bill > Spurlock's Journal article and the TIP Tools plans. I > made mine out of cheap 1/4 inch plywood and 2x2's > ripped from larger 2x stock. A blower sucks out the > dust and cleans the glass beads as they recycle. > Everything is enclosed and contained. Very fast, very > safe, very effective. I love it, except it is huge. > Big enough for a full action, vertical or horizontal. > > Before and after photo of keys attached. > > Greg Graham > Brodheadsville, PA > > Original message follows: > ------------------------- > Richard Gullion pianoguy@rogers.com > Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:41:59 -0500 (EST) > > Does this blaster require a collector system or dust > removal , a special booth. Are you talking blasting > actions, as they are, or totally stripped down to the > rails. How does this work. Does it take all the black > and grunge and discoloring of the action parts....give > me MMOORREE!! > > Dean May wrote: > Hi Jack, > I use a siphon feed sand blaster. You can pick one up > for about $20 at farm supply stores or Harbor Freight > type tool sellers. ... > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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