implmex
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2002
- Location
- Vancouver BC Canada
Hi All:
I have a Cyclone brand sandblaster; the siphon type, not the pressure pot type.
It is absolutely pathetic.
I'm running a Gardner Denver 80 gallon 5HP compressor with refrigerant air dryer, and a second filter-regulator in the line to get dry air.
I'm using (or trying to anyway) fine glass beads to prep aluminum surgical instrument handles for clear anodizing.
I'm having a helluva time getting the siphon to suck up any glass beads...it comes out of the nozzle in occasional little spits and pathetic little dribbles.
I seem to be mostly blowing air.
I'm running at 100 PSI.
I've tried burying the pickup tube in the glass beads...no joy.
I've tried laying the pickup tube just above the surface of the glass beads...a bit better, but I constantly have to adjust the position of the pickup tube to keep it close enough to suck up the glass beads.
The suction at the end of the pickup tube is pretty weak, but there is some.
It seems to me, that the glass beads are plugging up the end of the pickup tube when it's fully immersed in glass beads, but I can't think of a design for the pickup tube end that will not clog with the beads almost immediately.
Can anyone recommend a pickup tube design for fine glass beads?
Failing that, can anyone recommend a quality brand of siphon type gun and pickup that I can buy and fit to the cabinet?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Marcus
I have a Cyclone brand sandblaster; the siphon type, not the pressure pot type.
It is absolutely pathetic.
I'm running a Gardner Denver 80 gallon 5HP compressor with refrigerant air dryer, and a second filter-regulator in the line to get dry air.
I'm using (or trying to anyway) fine glass beads to prep aluminum surgical instrument handles for clear anodizing.
I'm having a helluva time getting the siphon to suck up any glass beads...it comes out of the nozzle in occasional little spits and pathetic little dribbles.
I seem to be mostly blowing air.
I'm running at 100 PSI.
I've tried burying the pickup tube in the glass beads...no joy.
I've tried laying the pickup tube just above the surface of the glass beads...a bit better, but I constantly have to adjust the position of the pickup tube to keep it close enough to suck up the glass beads.
The suction at the end of the pickup tube is pretty weak, but there is some.
It seems to me, that the glass beads are plugging up the end of the pickup tube when it's fully immersed in glass beads, but I can't think of a design for the pickup tube end that will not clog with the beads almost immediately.
Can anyone recommend a pickup tube design for fine glass beads?
Failing that, can anyone recommend a quality brand of siphon type gun and pickup that I can buy and fit to the cabinet?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Marcus