23-02-2014, 06:01 PM
Hi,
It was milder but very windy this morning so I thought I'd spend more time blasting. I wanted to start at 8:30 but in consideration to our neighbours I made a start at 9:30 and quickly got the blaster set up for action.
First job was the big cast iron drip tray which I blasted on both sides then I blasted the counter-shaft frame making an excellent job of both. Apart from a number of blockages I was very pleased with the blaster and no way could I have achieved these results by hand unless I spent forever at it. By dinner time I had completed both items but by now I could no longer stand in our driveway because the wind had really got up and it was most unpleasant working in a whirlwind whipping up all the spent blasting media; the wind was picking up the media and swirling it around me before blowing it away as a dust cloud; this was becoming too dangerous to carry on so I tidied up and called it a day but was very pleased by the mornings session as seen in the pictures. The stand unit will soon be ready for paint and I intend to complete this unit first before starting on the lathe itself. I reckon blasting these two items used about three quarters of a bag of blasting media and at £17 per bag this was cheap enough considering the amount of work it has saved me and brought the items ready for re-painting.
Kind regards, Col.
It was milder but very windy this morning so I thought I'd spend more time blasting. I wanted to start at 8:30 but in consideration to our neighbours I made a start at 9:30 and quickly got the blaster set up for action.
First job was the big cast iron drip tray which I blasted on both sides then I blasted the counter-shaft frame making an excellent job of both. Apart from a number of blockages I was very pleased with the blaster and no way could I have achieved these results by hand unless I spent forever at it. By dinner time I had completed both items but by now I could no longer stand in our driveway because the wind had really got up and it was most unpleasant working in a whirlwind whipping up all the spent blasting media; the wind was picking up the media and swirling it around me before blowing it away as a dust cloud; this was becoming too dangerous to carry on so I tidied up and called it a day but was very pleased by the mornings session as seen in the pictures. The stand unit will soon be ready for paint and I intend to complete this unit first before starting on the lathe itself. I reckon blasting these two items used about three quarters of a bag of blasting media and at £17 per bag this was cheap enough considering the amount of work it has saved me and brought the items ready for re-painting.
Kind regards, Col.
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