Im looking to buy one of these gravity fed spot blasters for doing small parts with This one should work well with my compressor as it only requires 90 psi and 1.7 cfm My compressor is rated at 9.1 cfm but struggled to run a syphon fed spot blast gun The only problem id i cant find this type in the uk and i dont want to pay loads of postage from the states and the chance of being stung for import tax If anyone comes accross these for sale in the uk could you give me a shout please http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zinc-plat...7?pt=Sanders_Sandblasters&hash=item2578c3f4c9
You'd just pay VAT on that, no import duty to pay, Cant add a link properly, but section 2.3 tells you what you need to know. http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channels...Travel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014#P20_1785 From my recent experience though, I'd say that gun is a false economy, as the hopper will be empty within seconds, the best route for small stuff is a self contained cabinet, (seen a home made one from an oil drum) that can recover and reuse the media.
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/recirculating-sandblaster-spot-blaster.20731/ , you could always make the hopper bigger or make it fed from a larger container
Cheers for the input guys Kruger ive been looking at cabinets both diy and shop bought and it seems i will have to upgrade my compressor first Davidoft is that an all in one unit that doesent require an external compressor? Im afraid i cant afford it im just intrigued I was considering making my own spot blaster that was gravity fed from a hopper hanging up but its just an idea thats all A lot of air must be wasted sucking up the blasting medium with the syphon type systems
The spot blaster I have is a 2 part unit, the blaster is air operated and the more CFM the better, the grit is recovered by a Hoover unit which returns the media and blows out the lighter stuff through the exhaust, you could buy a blaster unit like the one your looking at but they all rely on volume of media and therefore air you can feed through them. My friend made a pretty effective blasting cabinet with a cheap gun and it was pretty good
I have one of these, works ok http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-To...ls_and_Compressors&hash=item53ec82604d&_uhb=1
