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That's the setup I've seen somewhere - not a lot of water, just enough to cover the intake coming off the cabinet. The vac pulls off the top, and everything 'bubbles' through the water. Probably don't want too much water to keep the vac pulling from the cabinet better.
 
TR4nut said:
That's the setup I've seen somewhere - not a lot of water, just enough to cover the intake coming off the cabinet. The vac pulls off the top, and everything 'bubbles' through the water. Probably don't want too much water to keep the vac pulling from the cabinet better.
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Just like a bong!
 
Twosheds said:
Just like a bong!
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Oops, now I remember where I saw this thing in action, nevermind!
 
"I took an old five gallon plastic bucket and drilled two holes in the lid for a couple of pieces of pvc pipe that my shop vac hose would fit on. on the inlet side, feeding from the cabinet, I let it extend to the bottom of the bucket and into a few inches of water. the outlet side is just to the top of the lid so that the vacuum pulls the exhaust from the blaster through the water and the water abrorbs the dust...Works like a charm, but the lid has to fit tight for it to work properly....when you get through, just pour out the water and wash out the bucket for the next session....
Two points to remember. 1. ALWAYS wear a particle mask when blasting...You just can't stop all af the dust from escaping and you don't want any "Black magic" in your lungs. And B. Don't put but a few inches of water in the bucket or the vacuum will pick it up!"

I copied that from here: Machine Shop Talk (post #7; post #13 has pictures)) I may have to give that a try. I would love to keep the fine dust out of my vacuum.
Tim
 
I have an old Rainbow vac that I'm going to try when I get a cabinet some day. I hope it will move enough air to do the job.
 
Got four shop vacs, been on the hunt for blast cabinets. Saw 2 in the "IWANNA" weekly trading paper going for $225, 1 bench and 1 floor. Missed it though. Still looking.

I have some small parts I want to powercoat soon. I have TWO ovens in the barn, not hooked up yet. The one I will hook up is a slide in with a cook top, which could come in handy when boioing H2O ot soak rubber parts in.

I have the cable, recepticle, pig tail AND breaker... <span style="font-style: italic">soon.. </span>
 
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