Re: [T3] Bob's progress on the 71 Notch

[russw <russw@classicvw.org>]

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 22:25 -0400, Bobsnotch@aol.com wrote:

> 
> Yeah, I've just been kinda plugging along on it. No, I don't reclaim it, as 
> it's cheap, and it's helping to fill in some of the low spots of the yard. : ) 
> I used #2 sand (I normally use #1 extra fine) on it this time, as I had so 
> much heavy rust that I wanted it out of there. I'm actually looking at building a 
> bigger blaster, you know something that'll hold a half a bag of sand at a 
> time, so I don't have to keep stopping to fill it so often. I don't have to wait 
> on mine, as I've got a 7.5 hp V4 air compressor with an 80 gallon tank. Plenty 
> of air to do the job. I can paint the side of a t-3 before it cycles, 
> sometimes a little more. : ) About the only tool it has a hard time staying even with 
> is a power long board sander, and those babies use some air. :O It looks like 
> I'm still on target for the Invasion though, and that's all that counts. : )
> 
The guy that does some sandblasting for me has a commercial portable
diesel compressor. And he recycles his sand. He has rigged and old
cement mixer drum off a truck with screens. and a hydraulic motor to
spin it. Uses the Hydraulics off an old farm tractor to turn it. I
cannot afford to buy/build my own blasting rig for what he charges. $40
to blast and primer 4 wheels. I dont think I would want him doing my
sheet metal tho. He is more of a construction machinery kind of guy.

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russw <russw@classicvw.org>

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