Sandblasting small parts

[Bob Carriere]

One as to be careful about abrasive creeping into bearing or any other device that is greasy and impossible to clean up......

It is ill advised to sand blast a complete running frame with wheels, t case, tranny engine..... UNLESS... you intend or plan to disassamble everything as part of the rebuild......sand.... dust... grit will creep in the almost impossible places.

Blasting media can reduce this problem slightly...... walnut shells left over would be less damaging than sand. In the Blasting cabinet.... which has limits as to the size of the parts...... is loaded with aluminium oxide..... almost as bad as diamond dust if it gets in bearings..... the grit is so small it gets into everything including your nose.... yes it gets there even with a sealed cabinet..... sealed is a "big" word.

We use a shop vacuum to remove the air born dust from the cabinet.... life expectancy of a guaranteed for life HD vaccum motor bearing is about one year of intermitent use.....

It may be easier to sand blast the axle using the big tank outside with the pleasant weather forecast of this weekend......

I would suggest you look into buying some white quartz sand at BMR.... grit size .30 or some black beauty.... silicone free at Princess.....

We are out of stock st the barn.... we prefer the cheap quartz .... cuts fast and we get it by the skid...... about 3200 pounds..... makes for a very smooth riding Ford on the way home..... tend to polish the pads on the helper springs.

Stuart gien me a call to sort out our weekend schedule....

Boob