[TheForge] Sandblasting nozzles

Mon Dec 9 22:36:00 2002

Harbor Freight sells the nozzles in a ten pack for $12.    There are 
also carbide nozzles made.  I don't know of a source, but your local 
abrasives company should carry them.  Personnaly, I would stick with the 
ceramic and buy a supply unless your in a production situation.  At 
about four cents a minute, I wouldn't consider the situation that bad, 
considering that a five hp compressor will burn about half a cent per 
minute in electricity alone ( assuming 8.5 cents per kWh).    I always 
buy multiple packs and order new ones when my supply get low.  I hate 
running out.     

Also, the ball valves used for a pressure blaster are not ordinary 
plumbing brass ones, with a chromed brass ball, but should be  high 
carbon steel.  A friend gave me a box of ten of these high carbon steel 
valves.  He bought them at an auction and was dissapointed when they 
weren't brass.   I explained what they were, but he still didn't want them.

It seems that a deadman valve will last longer.   Harbor freight also 
have a deadman valve for $49.   As soon as I run out of ball valves I am 
going to get one.  

Shannell Sugrue wrote:

>Yeah I found that with the ball valve too, now its off or on. My tips
>probably do last longer than 20mins mabey more like 40, then the hole is
>twice the diameter it started with and air flow goes up dramatically and the
>compressors have trouble keeping up.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "marc" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: 09 December, 2002 6:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sandblasting nozzles
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>>Is he talking about the ceramic tip or the ball valve?
>>I went through my first ball valve in 20 minutes. It seems if you try to
>>adjust the flow with the final ball valve it will eat the ball inside very
>>quickly. I learned all the way on or all the way off. Adjust the air flow
>>not the final valve where the sand comes out.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Walter L. Mullett" <[email protected]>
>>To: <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:47 PM
>>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sandblasting nozzles
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>>>Shannell,
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>>>I used to do a lot of work with a monument shop that engraved granite
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>>>sandblast unit.  Their ceramic tips would last for months with almost
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>>>day, every workday use.  Something must be wrong with your setup.
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>>>Walt
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Shannell Sugrue <[email protected]>
>>>To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>Date: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:31 PM
>>>Subject: [TheForge] Sandblasting nozzles
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>>>>Enquired today about some replacement ceramic nozzles for my chinese
>>>>pressure pot  sandblaster, they are $10 ea and last about 20-30 mins,
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>>>>off if you ask me, Ive heard of using tungsten nozzles, are these more
>>>>economical, can tungsten be machined on a lathe so I could make my
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>>>>can I use some other type of metal and lathe/drill them up?
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