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Ricky's New Toy
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Well guys, I went to Sears yesterday and bought a sandblaster. I had one
years ago, but I never had an air compressor to use it with so I got rid of it. A friend of mine is moving this week to Houston, but won't have a place to keep her air compressor until then. Being the nice guy that I am, I volunteered to "store" it for her until she got situated. Needless to say my "storing" the compressor required my purchasing the sandblaster to store with it. I brought it home and blasted an old rusty set of metal armrests. They came out looking great with just about 5 minutes work. I love this thing. I decided that I should post a few of the safety tips I discovered while doing this. 1. Use a full face shield and goggles 2. Wear heavy leather gloves 3. Wear long sleeves and a hat Set to 90 PSI this thing will cut through just about anything if left in one place too long. After I blasted the armrests my wife decided it was time for me to try it out on some old cast iron skillets we had. Man is this thing fast. By then it was getting late and I thought the compressor might keep up the neighbors so I shut things down and cleaned it all up figuring to start on the truck this morning. As luck would have it the rain hasn't stopped all day. It being Father's Day and all my wife suggested that I take her shopping. What the heck it was raining anyway. It certainly doesn't do the home life any good to whine about such things and besides she wanted to go to Sears. She went to women's clothing and I went to the tool department. After seeing how great a job the sand blaster had done, I knew that the new compressor would have to be coming for my Christmas present. I was looking at the upright 30 gallon, 6 CFM at 90 PSI model for $299. I was certain that it could be mine if I just threw enough hints Momma's way. As luck would have it Momma came back from clothes shopping before I was done drooling over the tools. I decided it was time to drop the first hint, "I want that compressor for Christmas this year" (You have to specify which year you know). Subtle don't you think. Momma took one look at it and said, "Are you sure. This one's bigger and cheaper". What! I couldn't believe it. They had the floor model of the $499 Professional upright 60 gallon, 9.5 CFM at 90 PSI compressor on clearance for $219. Needless to say, I had Momma buy it for me on the spot. Ain't married life grand. It only has a 90 day warranty but it seems that if this stuff is going to go bad it usually does it in the first few months. Darn, Now I have to store 2 air compressors. :-) Look how many other new tools I'll have to buy. Rick S (TX) |
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Reed Cary
--- Rick48CJ2A@... wrote:
From: Rick48CJ2A@...One little note. I went through my first one too fast. . the nozzle. I didn't know that those ceramic tips wear out so fast . . ; and when they do and you don't catch it in time, its bye bye gun. Now you've got to get all the die grinders, straight and right angle, air grease gun, air rachet, air xxxx, air yyyy, and air zzz. ha ha ha Reed (CA) === _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at |
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In a message dated 6/21/99 2:05:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
rlcook@... writes: << Rick, Easy does it on the truck. Warped sheet metal and ruined glass come to mind. Don't ask. Ron, IA >> Ron, I've decided to only sandblast the parts that are rusting. The rest of the paint has been there all of these years so it must be OK under there. I'll leave it in place and just do the rest of it. That means most of the seams on the bed will get blasted but most of the rest will stay on. Thanks for the info though, I think I will crank the pressure down to 40 when I do the sheet metal. Can you believe it is still raining? This is the first time we have had two straight days of rain since the flood back in October. You know it's because I got my sand blaster and washer my wife's van. :-) |
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Kendal Jackson
At 11:26 PM 6/20/99 EDT, you wrote:
"Are you sure. This one's bigger and cheaper". What! I couldn't believeit. They >had the floor model of the $499 Professional upright 60 gallon, 9.5 CFM at 90 PSI compressor on clearance for $219.Life is good. Kendal Jackson --It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy-- |
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Mike Boyink
A coupla weeks ago my folks stop over and my dad asks if I'd like my
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birthday present early (it's 6 mos off yet). I nod, he says "I'll need a hand" and I start grinning like a 6 year old 'cause I know if it's heavy it's something good. He pops open the back of his mini-van and there sits a older Sears horse and a half compressor all painted up with new fittings and hose. Love them garage-saleing retired types! I'm still trying to figure out what my wife was looking at on the ceiling when I started talking about the whole new isle at Sears that had just opened up to me....:) Mike Boyink Holland, MI 1966 CJ5 1983 6.2 GMC Rally Van (towdog) From: Kendal Jackson <jacksoti@...> |
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Richard Needham
I really hope all you sandblasters out there are wearing
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resperators. Ever hear of silicosis !!!!!!!! Richard cj2a Minnesota From: Rick48CJ2A@... |
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