Harbor Freight Cheap Blaster

[LGAFF]

Bought a blaster from Harbor freight, could not get it to work at first, then upon inspection I found gun used to deliver the media was messed up...drill it out, worked like a charm, stripped a injector housing down to bare aluminum for repaint or PC have not decided yet.

Anyone good for the 39.99 I paid for it, used Walnut Shell.

http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-abrasive-blaster-kit-37025.html


for a cabinet, I used I tupperware bin with a plastic sheet secured with a rubber band, worked well

[XfireZ51]

Lee,

Maybe I'll bring my top end over for re-do to match cam covers.

[LGAFF]

Sure

[Coupe89]

Do you have a pic of your setup?
I was leaning towards a soda blaster.

[LGAFF]

I can take one......in no time you can be blowing more nuts than Ron Jeremy......actually if you used the nut shells if you move outside you might not have to worry about the cover...safety glasses, long gloves, and respirators are a must

Using sand without ventilation can also make you very sick

[rhipsher]

Harbor freight is good for tools you use a few times then throw it away. I did three top end port jobs and burned up two Harbor freight electric die grinders. And you can tell when they're getting ready to go because they get so hot you can't even hold on to them anymore. The good thing is they are only $39 and they replaced both of them free under warrenty. The bug zapper tennis racquets are pretty cool though. Wasps expload when you hit them with it. 1500 volts baby.

[LGAFF]

My harbor Freight grinder has 9 plenums and still going strong!

[rhipsher]

They must have fed them that day in china when they made yours.

Both my grinders did 3 Siamesed/plenums and 6 I/H housings and thats all I got out of those grinders.

[Paul Workman]

They must have fed them that day in china when they made yours.

Both my grinders did 3 Siamesed/plenums and 6 I/H housings and thats all I got out of those grinders.

I went thru some of the cheap grinders - ended up with the Makita (constant speed) for the electric, and a Snap-On for the pneumatic... Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby! Those items made all the rest look like "battle axes" in comparison! HUGE differences in control and wear resistance! Pricy, but I'm just sayin, you get what you pay for, I recon! The two of those machines made porting a friggin breeze, compared to some of the cheaper crap I started with.

FWIW,

P.

[LGAFF]

Maybe its all in the skill of the craftsman......great ones don't need all this high priced stuff!:sign10:

[rhipsher]

I went thru some of the cheap grinders - ended up with the Makita (constant speed) for the electric, and a Snap-On for the pneumatic... Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby! Those items made all the rest look like "battle axes" in comparison! HUGE differences in control and wear resistance! Pricy, but I'm just sayin, you get what you pay for, I recon! The two of those machines made porting a friggin breeze, compared to some of the cheaper crap I started with.

FWIW,

P. Amen to that. You do get what you pay for Paul. Eh Em! Even if some of us have delusions of gradeur right Lee.:mrgreen:

[LGAFF]

Show some respect, I have graduated to a Sr. Carbide hack my friend.....passed my aluminum splinter removal test this morning.

[rhipsher]

Hahaha! Ok! Ill have to give you props for that. Maybe im just to much of an animal with those cheap grinders. Or maybe doing a plenum and I/H housings none stop from start to finish is to much duty cycle for them to handle. Who knows.