My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck

[Gregski]

but more importantly having hit the 100,000 mile wire wheel mark I decided to treat myself

say hello to my little friend

[Gregski]

and since I like my power equipment to glide across the garage floor at random

[Gregski]

I won't lie to you that thing showed up a few weeks ago and since then I've been playing the NPT, MPT, FPT, 1/4" 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4" round peg square hole game before settling on 3/8th hose from compressor to air gun (for now) I also got some 1/2" hose cause Mike Finegen recommended it, ha ha

[8man]

Very nice! You are gonna love that!!!

[Gregski]

and a while ago I scored this NONE Harbor Freight media blasting cabinet for FREE off of Craigslist from a local Honda dealership, and today I found out why? ha ha

[Gregski]

first batch of degreased and decruded parts awaits their destiny with the Media Master Blaster aka the MMB

[Gregski]

mandatory stare and compare, touch ups will be made

[layinrocker65]

There’s a lot of videos on the YouTubes about making those cabinets a lot better.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by layinrocker65

There’s a lot of videos on the YouTubes about making those cabinets a lot better.

yup, thanks I saw one on something called a cyclone where you make one out of a Home Depot bucket and it sits between the media cabinet and a shop vac, so I may try that, but first I will pop the glass out and see how scratched and beat up it is as it's difficult to tell with it installed

[Thealien]

Originally Posted by Gregski

yup, thanks I saw one on something called a cyclone where you make one out of a Home Depot bucket and it sits between the media cabinet and a shop vac, so I may try that, but first I will pop the glass out and see how scratched and beat up it is as it's difficult to tell with it installed

Once you get that glass or plastic cleaned or replaced. They sell sheets with sticky tape around the edges that you place over the viewing window and when it gets beat up you replace it. I’ve used my cabinets so much that they don’t want to stick anymore and I have to use supplemental tape around the edges.

[Gregski]

progress not perfection

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by Gregski

progress not perfection

very close ...now lets get in the OVEN

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

very close ...now lets get in the OVEN

yes sir, but the lower control arms are still kicking my....

[Gregski]

and now a little distraction...

so I went to Big Al's house to pick up some random truck parts, I really didn't need nothin' but he's moving and cleaning house (or should I say side yard, ha ha)

whilst there looking around I go hey Al, you got any transmission crossmembers by any chance?

Big Al [a bit annoyed]: "do you see any, what do you think they grow in the ground!"

[Gregski]

you can't make this stuff up folks

[Gregski]

the price was right [ FREE ] with the purchase of a hood, a Chevy grill, and core support

win/win/win

[Gregski]

I figured once I wire wheel all my suspension components, what the he11 am I gonna do with myself, so, I took on this little side project

here it is with the first pass of the wire wheel and...

[wait for it]

Top Tip: light coat of Phosphoric Acid called Prep & Etch from Home Depot, but please do not use this cheap and highly effective product [and the hidden key ingredient in all them highly marketed rust removers with them fancy labels and commercials], unless you want results

[BigBird05]

Thread stealing, To the alien, where do you get the self sticky plastic for the sand blast cabinet?

[Thealien]

Originally Posted by BigBird05

Thread stealing, To the alien, where do you get the self sticky plastic for the sand blast cabinet?

https://www.tptools.com/Cabinet-Inne...rotectors.html

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by Thealien

https://www.tptools.com/Cabinet-Inne...rotectors.html

and thanks for the tip on the bolt restoration

[Mike Bradbury]

I changed my gun on my HF blast cabinet to a more efficient and more volume gun. I also switched to a steel tip in replacement of the ceramic tip and it is much more effective and lasts much longer.

What is the secret ingredient in addition to the prep and etch?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by thealien

https://www.tptools.com/cabinet-inne...rotectors.html

fml

[Mike Bradbury]

From my experience the tempered glass lasts a good long time. I bought 3 of them several years back and I am on #2 so far. you have to be aware of the bounce in the cabinet and try not to aim the gun so when you are blasting the edge it is not firing right at the glass, or bouncing off the material right at he glass. You can gain some more life by switching hands too. If you are right handed the left side of the glass will be pitted the most and difficult to see through. Switch to left handed and view through the clearer side.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Mike Bradbury

You can gain some more life by switching hands too. If you are right handed the left side of the glass will be pitted the most and difficult to see through. Switch to left handed and view through the clearer side.

you speak the truff [as always] I switched hands just due to wimp fatigue and noticed I was getting a different angle of shooting the media at the component I was blasting and that by itself was worth it and paid dividends in the form of additional strippage of gunk and junk in nooks and cranies not reachable by my dominant paw

South Paw FTW!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by BigBird05

Thread stealing,

Me: no problem, love the participation

but also me: