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Those blasters work pretty good. I also use an old welding helmet with a clear lens. I would not use it inside the shop though. If you lay down a tarp outside its a good way to reclaim the sand used. I buy the fine sand from the local hardware store about $4 a 50lb bag.

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Strodder where did you get the spray nozzel on yours? mine is just a ball valve with a tip. I used welding gloves and the hood that came with my blaster but it sucks.

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It came with it.
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Mine is also a ball valve

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Notice how I snuck the girlie picture in the back ground. :lol:

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Yeah, we all saw it. :smoke:

Mac. :lol:

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I can see this going so far of topic...

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I was looking at that before I saw the AR-15......maybe I need to go back and read:lol:.....

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Thanks for all of the feedback fellars on the blaster. I did pick it up today.

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I've never messed with one of these. I put some pressure on it and it works. Don't have a manual, but this looks like it's an adjustable bleed off. I didn't mess with it yet. It starts bleeding pressure at 70 psi. It is adjustable right?

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Going to look for a dead man valve. I called tractor supply and was put on eternal hold. Never found out what they had in the store. It needs a new tip. A piece of the ceramic is broken off (not visible in pic).

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Got the outside of the tailgate nearly ready for primer. This is what it looks like on the inside. Still in process of sanding.

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Also called to get a price on color and clear. I'm going to mix a little at work and spray a panel to make sure it is what he wants.

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I get 125 psi from mine, and it looks like yours. Mine isn't adjustable. Why don't you call the company or look them up on the web and ask what the pressure should be? You want to be save. Maybe it's supposed to be at 70 psi.

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That looks to me like a high pressure relief valve.

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Pressure relief valves usually have a ring attached to a shaft. ????

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Pressure pop off sorry

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:but:........................... :but:

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The pressure relief is actually like a regulator. I cracked the jam nut loose and adjusted it to 100 psi. I called the manufacturer up in Grand Rapids, but never got a call back.

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Typical !!! Call Eastwood. It looks like a Clark, that's what they sell.

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Alan you should look into getting a nozzel like Strodders. The ones that we have a cheap and clog up real easy. They do have diffrent size tips though at Harbor Freight. I know on mine I was putting 90psi and it never let air out. I think mine said between 70-125psi.

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Do they have them at the store or do you have to order them on line?

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They had the stuff at the store. What a cluster that was. I get the employee with a bad attitude. This is what I picked up today. The hood I got for $8 cause it was missing the lense. The deadman was on sale for $15.99.

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This came from Ace I told them what I wanted and this is what I got for $3.29. Then got it home and read the back.

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This came from Tractor Supply for $7.99

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Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

BLACK DIAMOND IS GLASS OR GUNNINTE (I THINK) THEY DO SELL BLASTING SAND BUT IT IS ALSO SILICA. i RAN A HOSE INSIDE MY HELMET FOR POSITIVE AIR FLOW TO KEEP THE HAZARD DOWN

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So what are going to concrete.:lol: Nice hood are you going to put a pompom on the top? :haha:

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I'll see what I can rig up for fresh air. I've got the HEPA body man mask, fresh air would make it better. I could Get a race car helmet that has the fresh air duct on top of it.:lol:

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That's a hard hat in there. I might make it into a halloween mask.:lol:

I got to work on Ronnies for about an hour today and I looked up at my shelf along the back wall and it was about ready to come crashing down. Just something else I gotta fix damn it!! The wife helped me get everything off of it after I put a brace under it. That would have been a real big mess. It would have fell on my truck if it came down. I'll get some pics later. I'm just glad I saw it.

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Glad you caught it in time. My son just moved to a different house, and he put a lot of his garage stuff up in the garage attic. Next day he went in there and the sealing was bowed down and about to fall down. At the time he still had furniture in there that he hasn't moved into the house yet. He wedged in some 2X4's to hold it up. What a mess that would have been.

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Alan I have some of that Black Diamond too, what numbers is your? Mine was the fine grit. Let me know how is sprays with that deadman valve. Glad you caught the self from fallon down.