[TheForge] soda blasting

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

someone sent me an e-mail with no message body only attachments. the
attachments are the diagrams and bill of materials to build a soda
blasting pot. i am still going through the diagrams but a soda blasting
pot does not look that difficult to build. may take some experiementing
but does not everything. also included was a list of distributors which
sell industrial grade baking soda. this bypasses to soda blasting
companies which jack the price up because when they repackage it
suddenly the ordinary baking soda has gone through a transformation and
is not not only better than before but also more valuable.

a soda blasting pot is basically a cylinder with a cone-shaped bottom
and a dome-shaped top with external and internal piping added. a scrap
100 lb or 250 lb propane cylinder looks like a good fit for the cylinder
since it all ready has a domed top. the cone-shaped bottm could be
either fabricated separately or by cutting a sawtooth pattern in the
bottom of the cylinder. the sawtooth pattern would require numerous
welds, while a fabricated cone would have a single weld. the piping and
fittings are all standard. nothing that difficult. definitely less
expensive than a soda blasting pot from a distributor or manufacturer.

may be my summer project. i do have a couple hold over projects from
the last several years so this may just be added to the list.

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Terry L. Ridder ><>