[TheForge] Sand blaster problem: hose blows off

[Ries Niemi]

TP is the place to get cheap sandblaster parts and pieces. But you gotta use that newfangled thing- the internet, and have it delivered.
Or just try to find Canadian equivalents- but if Nova Scotia is anything like where I live, NOBODY stocks anything locally anymore.

http://www.tptools.com/Sandblast-Cabinet-Parts-and-Supplies.html

I have a sandblaster and the hose just is a slip fit, and it never comes off- but mine is a siphon- so the air hose is a pipe thread, and the sand hose has no pressure to speak of.
Sounds like yours is some other variety, which tries to do everything with one hose?


ries


On Jul 21, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> I have this nice little sand blaster, not what you'd want to clean up a
> ship but okay for smallish stuff -- maybe a 10 gal. pressure tank.
> Had it for a couple of years and never used it. Now I need it.
> 
> Only the hose keeps blowing off.  Very heavy hose, slides over
> ribbed nipples on hand set and feed valve, held with wire hose clamps.
> Blew off at both ends (gun and feed) at different times.
> 
> Gummed it on with silicone sealant and reset the clamps. Came off
> again. Potentially dangerous. Not good.
> 
> Is there some kind of standard hose connector for sandblasters?
> Anybody have suggestions?  Finding parts will involve a 75 mi. trip to
> the hot and sticky city.  I could use some suggestions as a starting
> point.
> 
> I could, of course, try gluing the hose on with JB Weld or Gorilla
> glue but the hose should be removable facilitate clearing any blockage
> in the valve on the bottom of the tank.  So a successful glue job
> would require excess disassembly or PITA destructive methods for
> removal when maintainance is required.
> 
> 
> - Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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