Blasting Cabinet (and compressor woes)
Stopped by HF today, got a blasting cabinet because I was sick of having to go outside and wasting media and getting cold/wet etc. Ended up with one that was a bit bigger than I really wanted, but they didn’t have the smaller (and more expensive) one in stock so this is what I came home with –
The auto drain on my compressor has been acting up, The o-ring that came with it failed within a day so I replaced them all. I thought about buying another one while I was in the store just in case because they are only $10…. but decided not to for the sake of a 10 cent o-ring. stripped it, put new o-rings in and that fixed one leak, then found another coming from where it shouldnt even with no o-rings so I rolled it over and…..
I found my receipt from last June, found the manual online, the SKU and part number and called customer service.
Everything going fine, sending me a new part then he drops the “We don’t stock that, comes direct from manufacturer so will take 8 weeks”….
I told him forget it. Will just order an entire new auto drain online I guess. Unless I can find something similar – maybe some JB weld will hold until I can get a replacement.
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Copious amounts of epoxy and way to short of a cure time later –
Compressor now holds air…
Its so much easier and tidier using this rather than my gravity fed blaster outside in the cold wasting blasting media and getting covered in it.
Before Blasting –
and a closeup of the after (quickly just to try it out) –