Took mine apart and re-sealed all the seams with silicon, also put some W groove shaped rubber window gaskit around the lid and on the faces of the tray where it joins the frame. Basically just try to cover every joint in the structure with some kind of gaskit where possible! Still wear and mask and eyes when using it to be safe but it really helps with the dust
Hi, great video. I bought the same type of cabinet a few months from Sandblasters UK for £100 and I am very happy with it. Just a couple of improvements I would suggest based on my experience. These need a water trap, I put one in and it is great. Also drill a hole in the back, and fabricate a cover inside for it to hook up an old vacuum cleaner for dust extraction. I used plumbing fittings and that also works well. The wee cabinet has more than paid for itself on my Herald 1200 restoration.
Thanks! The cabinet you mention does look suspiciously similar. Might be that red paint is particularly expensive… I would’ve been torn if I’d seen that one at half the price, the cost is more attractive , but every non known brand air tool I’ve bought has not worked/lasted well. Anyway, yes, both very sensible ideas! I already have a water trap on order. I’ve also rigged up something temporary with a hoover to serve as dust extraction. I think my permanent solution will involve using the port to the back left that comes with a basic mini filter in a twist on housing.
I got the same cabinet and figured out a lot. You for sure need water removal from the air compressor line. Drain your take before starting. If your gun seems like it’s not working, remove the tip and ring, then look inside the gun. You’ll see is clogged up with media that looks like mud; clean it out and it’ll be fine. The pickup tube that’s screwed to the bottom can be a pain as soon as any debris from what you’re sand blasting gets near the pickup holes at the end. I just left the screw part in the bottom and removed the hose, then just stuck it straight in the media (had to adjust it from time to time). The manual says a range for psi, you might have to go higher or lower based on media used. To help with dust, do the vacuum addition others suggest, and if you’re doing a bunch of parts, put them all in the cabinet together, and sandblast one at a time. Then, use some painters tape and temporarily tape the seams around the top of the lid. This helps with dust blown in your face. Also, add a LED light bulb and fixture inside the cabinet. Or, you could lay a LED light with a shroud/hood on top of the cabinet lid pointing downward. I used two really bright headlamp flashlights and they worked great. The light that comes with the unit gets covered in dust and isn’t bright enough. Always wear a mask with this unit, the micro dust gets everywhere…mostly on you!
Yes with the vacuum attached it’s much easier to work with, and I don’t get any dust leakage (there’s enough negative pressure that it’s impossible to open the lid). I have already ended up doing similar to what you suggest about lighting and have an LED work light on the outside too usually.
@@redfoxclassics After looking yours, I got an idea for attaching a vacuum very easily. There is a screened outlet with a filter inside it on the back of the cabinet, that can be twisted off. Didn’t take it off, but I used silver aluminum tape and taped a large shop vac reducer to a regular shop vac hose size on it (fits perfectly). Then, just used a regular size shop vac with the hose plugged into the reducer, and no more dust…. Thanks for making this video!
@@TheBlueskydriver I used the same port. I made a plate from sheet steel to match the supplied twist on filter and welded a vacuum cleaner attachment to it. I used some closed cell foam left over from insulating the heater matrices on the Triumphs to make a seal, works great! Pity it’s not possible to edit TH-cam videos after upload as adding in some points from your comments and others would be kinda useful.
Lol I got one of these years ago it don't look like that now I used it once for about half hour and said nope ripped it apart and now it's so much better I did do a video on it but since then iv moved and can't find my memory card but I did get to sort out the cyclone video that is on my channel it will leak no matter what yiu put in it hence why I took mine apart now I don't have anything come out of it and then I decided I'm going to get another one and make a vapor cabinet and I'm about half way making that just needs a couple more bits and it will be done but take it from some one that's done it don't keep it like that your be fighting it all the way find what fits you and what you want it work like there are so many different ways of doing it none are right but none are wrong well some are but your see that your self lol best of luck
Yeah, I've built in extraction with an old vacuum now, and that's much better. I can see where that sucks in air round the edges though, pretty leaky as you say! For the moment, it's doing what I need but I'm sure some customisation will come in time.
Took mine apart and re-sealed all the seams with silicon, also put some W groove shaped rubber window gaskit around the lid and on the faces of the tray where it joins the frame. Basically just try to cover every joint in the structure with some kind of gaskit where possible! Still wear and mask and eyes when using it to be safe but it really helps with the dust
Do you use extraction? I adapted something from an old vacuum cleaner and that's worked out very well.
Hi, great video. I bought the same type of cabinet a few months from Sandblasters UK for £100 and I am very happy with it. Just a couple of improvements I would suggest based on my experience.
These need a water trap, I put one in and it is great. Also drill a hole in the back, and fabricate a cover inside for it to hook up an old vacuum cleaner for dust extraction. I used plumbing fittings and that also works well.
The wee cabinet has more than paid for itself on my Herald 1200 restoration.
Thanks! The cabinet you mention does look suspiciously similar. Might be that red paint is particularly expensive… I would’ve been torn if I’d seen that one at half the price, the cost is more attractive , but every non known brand air tool I’ve bought has not worked/lasted well.
Anyway, yes, both very sensible ideas! I already have a water trap on order. I’ve also rigged up something temporary with a hoover to serve as dust extraction. I think my permanent solution will involve using the port to the back left that comes with a basic mini filter in a twist on housing.
I got the same cabinet and figured out a lot. You for sure need water removal from the air compressor line. Drain your take before starting. If your gun seems like it’s not working, remove the tip and ring, then look inside the gun. You’ll see is clogged up with media that looks like mud; clean it out and it’ll be fine.
The pickup tube that’s screwed to the bottom can be a pain as soon as any debris from what you’re sand blasting gets near the pickup holes at the end. I just left the screw part in the bottom and removed the hose, then just stuck it straight in the media (had to adjust it from time to time).
The manual says a range for psi, you might have to go higher or lower based on media used.
To help with dust, do the vacuum addition others suggest, and if you’re doing a bunch of parts, put them all in the cabinet together, and sandblast one at a time. Then, use some painters tape and temporarily tape the seams around the top of the lid. This helps with dust blown in your face.
Also, add a LED light bulb and fixture inside the cabinet. Or, you could lay a LED light with a shroud/hood on top of the cabinet lid pointing downward. I used two really bright headlamp flashlights and they worked great. The light that comes with the unit gets covered in dust and isn’t bright enough.
Always wear a mask with this unit, the micro dust gets everywhere…mostly on you!
Yes with the vacuum attached it’s much easier to work with, and I don’t get any dust leakage (there’s enough negative pressure that it’s impossible to open the lid). I have already ended up doing similar to what you suggest about lighting and have an LED work light on the outside too usually.
@@redfoxclassics After looking yours, I got an idea for attaching a vacuum very easily. There is a screened outlet with a filter inside it on the back of the cabinet, that can be twisted off.
Didn’t take it off, but I used silver aluminum tape and taped a large shop vac reducer to a regular shop vac hose size on it (fits perfectly). Then, just used a regular size shop vac with the hose plugged into the reducer, and no more dust….
Thanks for making this video!
@@TheBlueskydriver I used the same port. I made a plate from sheet steel to match the supplied twist on filter and welded a vacuum cleaner attachment to it. I used some closed cell foam left over from insulating the heater matrices on the Triumphs to make a seal, works great! Pity it’s not possible to edit TH-cam videos after upload as adding in some points from your comments and others would be kinda useful.
Lol I got one of these years ago it don't look like that now I used it once for about half hour and said nope ripped it apart and now it's so much better I did do a video on it but since then iv moved and can't find my memory card but I did get to sort out the cyclone video that is on my channel it will leak no matter what yiu put in it hence why I took mine apart now I don't have anything come out of it and then I decided I'm going to get another one and make a vapor cabinet and I'm about half way making that just needs a couple more bits and it will be done but take it from some one that's done it don't keep it like that your be fighting it all the way find what fits you and what you want it work like there are so many different ways of doing it none are right but none are wrong well some are but your see that your self lol best of luck
Yeah, I've built in extraction with an old vacuum now, and that's much better. I can see where that sucks in air round the edges though, pretty leaky as you say! For the moment, it's doing what I need but I'm sure some customisation will come in time.