Ran across a link to this on the main MGE board. Thougt I'd pass it on since a lot of folks don't look there very often... There's a text write up w/pics & a link to a video showing it being used...
http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/
Thanks, Rob. A nice thing to know, especially when I have three Mikuni DCOEs to clean up for the MGA. I might even try it on the Midget's intake parts as well.
Hey Bill, I like the lumberjack outfit you're wearing in the pic of a younger Bill Young in your avatar. ;~)
Phil O
He's a lumberjack and he's OK!
Dang ! And I went and spent 400.00 for one ! That's the cheap one from Eastwood , but it works great !
Great idea but you should buy the soda that is made for blasting it will cut faster and better and it does not cost that much, also you will want to clean the parts real good as the soda leaves a residue that you can't really see.
If you are going to paint what you blasted if you don't clean it real good and I mean real good the paint will fail !
Who ever thought that up did real good , you could rig that up in your bead blasting cabinet as I don't think the soda would hurt the glass beads at all and I think would be removed by the vacuum when you use the glass bead gun. You would have a two for one'r ! Soda is so gentle yet powerful that it is perfect for carbs and such.
Just was talking to my A&P buddy and he was telling me about using cut up credit card fragments in his blast cabinet and how it strips the paint very effectivly and does not shot peen the metal & or remove plating as in cadmium. It even leaves the etched part #s intact on valve seats, shafts and such.
I can see two problems with that ;
(1) Where would you get enough credit cards to cut up to make a cubic foot or so to blast with !
(2) How would you find the time to cut them all up in tiny pieces !
Its already set up in media form and sold in drums or pails,i'm waiting on a link to get some then i'll post where to get it.
Rob.
Posted the link on a couple of other forums. It's a big hit.
Rick
Showed this credit card thing to the lovely Lynne and she's horrified.
" Who would do that to a perfectly innocent card? What kind of people are you?"
Then she thought that it could be used for some sort of dermal abrasion treatment.
And all's good in the world again.
Cheers
Fred
That's one very special girl ya got there Fred.
JB
Yep,
26 years and still ticking.
Hey, has anybody seen the air powered sand pail? It's basically a very large funnel with an air nozzle at the bottom to agitate the sand. Built one a while ago from plans from somewhere... might even have been here? The thing works perfectly, just turn on the air and drop in the parts. Use a regulator or your going to be cleaning up for a while. I will try to locate the plans and post them.
Cheers
Fred
Hadn't heard of that one but I've got a vibratory tumbler that works pretty good for small parts. Uses no air. Makes a little noise though.
JB