Re: [Amc-list] Blast it all...

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

On 4/15/2008 12:52 PM, Tom Jennings spouted this sage advice:
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Matt Haas wrote:
> 
>> ...is what I'll be able to do now!
> 
> Don't do it Matt! Think of the children!

Too late! I already got all the nasty old rust and paint off of 
everything I'm working on.

>> My blast cabinet (Clarke SB2006) arrived today. I am glad that I went
>> ahead and ordered this one instead of getting one from Harbor Freight. I
>> haven't used it yet but it's just an all around better made tool. The
>> biggest differences that I see between the two is that the Clarke has a
>> light in it and the door is much, much bigger. It also looks like it
>> will be easier to maintain if for no other reason than the gloves aren't
>> pop riveted to the cabinet.
> 
> OK, I'm jealous now. I gotta think about scrounging up a
> compressor so I can get one. I've probably spent enough on
> outside services in the last year to buy the box.

My 5HP compressor (it's a Coleman and was inexpensive but it does have a 
cast iron cylinder liner and you can change the oil, both of which add 
to the life) did just fine with it. Plus, once you have a compressor, 
you can buy an impact wrench and snap bolts off much faster than by hand.

Matt

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1968 Rambler American sedan
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