T-Mech Sandblasting Cabinet Sand Blasting Portable Work Station Heavy Duty Abrasive Bead Grit Sandblaster Sand Blaster 220L

I am normally fairly good at putting ‘flat pack’ stuff together without reading the instructions.In this case the instructions were not much help, as it was not always obvious if Item A went on top of B, or vice-versa.But it all became obvious during assembly, time taken about 4 hours with gaps.Note: you will almost certainly need two people as some of the screws and nuts would need your arms to be 3 feet long to do up. Also, the flex in the panels makes it hard to hold two panels in place while also inserting a screw and putting a nut on the end.Once the unit is assembled it is sturdy, and I would say of good materials/construction.I did have one problem, the screw holes for the blasting media pick-up pipe in the media hopper were absent. I had to work out where the pipe was supposed to screw on, and then drill the holes.It has one design flaw. The blasting media is stored in a hoper under than main cabinet, so that as you blast the media returns into the hopper through a removable mesh frame inside the cabinet on the bottom to be sucked back up out of the hopper for re-use through a plastics tube that passes through the mesh frame. As a result the (in theory easily removable) frame is not easy to remove, as it has a pipe pass thought it hose clipped to the gun at one end and the pick-up pipe at the other end. I will soon disconnect the pick-up pipe, remove the frame, cut a small gap in the back of it and weld a 25mm Exhaust clamp on, giving a cut-out for the pipe to pass through, so that in future the mesh frame simple lifts out.So.. . .Is it any good?I have access to a large compressor, so I dialled the pressure control valve down to just under 100Psi, the recommend max, and gave it a go.I have never sand-blasted before, so,I do not have anything to compare to, but I am more than happy with the results. A friend cleaned the paint off a maintain bike rear frame in under 30 minutes, it took him 5 days to get the paint off by hand with sandpaper, and even then some of the tighter corners could not be cleaned.I cleaned up a slightly rusty motorcycle bottom yolk in about 20 minutes. A job that would have been impossible with sand-paper given the shape of the casting.I have wanted access to a blasting cabinet for years, and now wish I had bought one years ago.Edit:After a few uses I bough a cheap vacuum cleaner.Without it the cabinet quickly fills with a fine mist of dust making it impossible to see what you are doing while at the same time venting large amounts of the same fine dust everywhere.I plumbed the vacuum into hole on the left side, and removed the blanking panel from the rear. Now it’s 5 seconds of use, it gets a bit foggy, wait 1 second and the fog gets sucked out.You might want to buy a pressure regulator, that way you can have the compressor running from 100Psi to 140, and the regulator set to 90, ensuring that the pressure at the cabinet remains constant. I got one from Amazon.https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LXI1G7T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Also, one might think the bigger the hole in the nozzle in the gun, the more effective it is. ( The cabinet comes with a selection. ) It’s the reverse. The smaller the orifice, the faster the media comes out and so,the more aggressive the blasting.. obvious in retrospect.

Before I got this I used tarps making a tent like den I did as a child. It worked, but was a lot of hassle for the smaller jobs that needed blasting as and when.I have only used it briefly at the time of writing this. So I may have to update.It's a pretty stable box, size is great for most things.It does contain most of the mess. But it does seem to leak shot in a few places where you suspected it would. (can see gaps where draft seal does not meet the frame properly, so will probably use some gaffa tape on those. Another reviewer suggested grip fix, but not sure that I want to go there just yet.)Before you start, please ensure all small children are out of earshot. You don't need them hearing the words you will use when putting this together.You will also need: patience of a saint, the common sense the author did not have and available "well-being" space to sit and fume at how rubbish the instructions are.You will also need to straighten the panels. Most people who will buy this won't care or can deal with the few dents, folds and scratches.Typos in the instructions are one thing you can work out what is meant, however they name something in an instruction, yet call it something else in the index. Annoying! But they also rename things. Fastening clamps = jubilee clips, air vent dust collection = hole for vacuum.Where it uses the words "pre-assembled screws" don't think for any time that actually means what it says. It may mean "provided". But you will only find this out once done and note the spares you have left over. The provided screws are labelled differently to how they are described. So you may think it's missing, so use others you have in a tub somewhere, and carry on.Instructions will tell you to fasten something, but won't say where or how on many areas. Nor will it say which way round or facing parts should be. You will pull it apart a few times and redo.There are also bits that are not described. The large hole at the back panel, covered on the inside by metal panel. This is for an industrial vacuum pipe. You will need to remove the rubber seal to make the pipe fit. The one on the left is described as dust vent (for collector) which can also be used for a vacuum and smaller pipe. However, you will need to remove the cover of the one not being used for the vacuum. The vacuum suction is too great, the gloves will go erect and not so easy to use that way. But you will get a taste of being an astronaut on a space walk. Pros and cons I guess.In summary, good bit of kit, shame it has poorly written instructions. What I have written above is my take on it. I am no expert, just someone having a midlife crisis renovating some motorcycles. Someone with greater experience could correct them.Good luck. It is worth it in the end.

The instructions are not the easiest to follow, which contributed to me taking 4 hrs to erect. However, once built it is fantastic quality. I went around the outside with clear silicone as i wanted to make sure it contained all the dust. You do need a hoover of some sort to keep the viewing glass clear. I changed the way thd viewing glass is installed with wing nuts, so i can easily remove the glass in future. i run a 100ltre compressor and the sifon pole works great. I am 100% satisfied with this product. The light is great, but i have up graded to LED, just my preference but the original is perfectly usuable.

It works ok / the seal for viewing glass was on wrong side of panel but everything else worked out ok