donsrods
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We have had our Harbor Freight blast cabinet for years, actually this is our second one. The plus is, they are cheap, the minus is, they leak sand like mad.
When we bought the second one, we took some time to seal it better than what they give you, but it still leaked. Dust would be all over you when you used it, and you had to wear a dust mask so you wouldn't ingest all that sand.
This is the one we bought (see picture below):
I would have loved to have a good one, but didn't feel like shelling out $1500 on up for one, so we suffered through using our cheapo version. However, we finally had it, and decided to make some changes to make ours better.
We did a lot of on line and YouTube searches, and found how some people had modified theirs, so we tore ours down to the bare cabinet, cut it up, and resealed it with polyurethane roof caulk. Then we ordered a lot of parts , including a dust collector that goes before the shop vac, and we are in the process of finishing it up right now.
I don't have any pictures yet, and will post some as time goes on. I just wanted to get this thread started, and I will detail what all we did to improve it.
When we bought the second one, we took some time to seal it better than what they give you, but it still leaked. Dust would be all over you when you used it, and you had to wear a dust mask so you wouldn't ingest all that sand.
This is the one we bought (see picture below):
I would have loved to have a good one, but didn't feel like shelling out $1500 on up for one, so we suffered through using our cheapo version. However, we finally had it, and decided to make some changes to make ours better.
We did a lot of on line and YouTube searches, and found how some people had modified theirs, so we tore ours down to the bare cabinet, cut it up, and resealed it with polyurethane roof caulk. Then we ordered a lot of parts , including a dust collector that goes before the shop vac, and we are in the process of finishing it up right now.
I don't have any pictures yet, and will post some as time goes on. I just wanted to get this thread started, and I will detail what all we did to improve it.