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Me and my dad have been collecting various junk for years. Recently we started selling some of it on eBay. Most of our assorted junk is Small Block Chevy parts. After looking at our stash i decided to get a sand blaster to clean up the stuff we decided to sell (to get more money). Being a cheap bastard i decided to build one. At this point i have a grand total of 1.50$ invested in the sandblaster. All of the parts except the Gate Valve and Coolant Bottle were in the pipe fitting stash. The Gate valve came from the yellow brass bin at the recycler ($1.50). The coolant bottle from the junk pile behind one of the local auto repair places.

I cut the top off of the bottle with the sawzall.

I used this pipe fitting for the output side of the sand reservoir. It is half of a Split Union fitting i got with a bunch of other fittings at the recycler.

Brass Brazed to the tank. DO NOT weld or braze on a coolant bottle. If the weld fails it could cause ruined pants or great injury.

I brazed a large pipe fitting (1-1/4") to the other end of the tank. There is a 1/2" pipe union brazed to the side of the larger fitting. I have a plug that fits in the large fitting to seal it. The braze bead looks much better in person. It looks like hell in the pic because the paint bubbled up.

Assorted 1/2" pipe fittings from the junk bin. The gate valve is to control the sand flow. The other valve is a temporary air control valve. I am going to replace it with another gate valve when i get one.

I am going to use the brass corrugated tube temporarily. I will replace it with a piece of steel tubing as soon as i find some.

Completed enough to see if it works. I still need to build a stand for it and figure out some kind of nozzle for the end of the hose. It blows sand out of the hose but needs a smaller opening to work. As it is it just empty's the air compressor tank.

Updated NOV 14 2005

I replaced the original air valve with a 1/4" Gate Valve. All of the other pipe fittings are 1/2"

A better pic of the top of the tank.

I used a piece of rubber hose from our junk stash and this 1/8" pipe section as a nozzle. I blasted most of the paint off of a valve cover using masonry sand. I only had about 1/3 of a large coffee can of sand so i dont know howlong it will blast when full. I am going to get another bag of sand next time i am in town and try it with a full tank.

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