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George Lendich wrote:
Steve/ Ernest,
I think mine is 11 CFM and it works OK for small jobs. I thought I was being smart and built my own cabinet out of SS and it works well.
My brother-in-law went one better and built his out of plywood and lined it with thin shoe sole rubber - it was a lot cheaper.
There is always a better way.
I had a large wooden box that we had built for my younger son's school project several years ago. I cut a couple 2x4s in half and used them as legs by using some deck screws to attach them to the sides. Caulked all the corners. Cut a hole in a piece of 1/8" MDF and taped a piece of plexiglass over it. A couple holes in the side ... long PVC gloves stapled to seal them up. A 5gallon bucket with one hole in the bottom and one in the side. Bottom hole goes to siphon type gun. Side hole has a 1" PVC pipe stuck in the side that leads to a hole in the bottom of the box. Cut a hole in the center of the buckets lid. A 1" hole in the side of the box for entrance of the pressure hose. Added cheap, under-counter
Fill the bucket half full of media and blast away. Stick a vacuum cleaner in the bucket's hole, and spent media towards the PVC pipe at the bottom of the box. The pipe enters the bucket peripherally, so the media is thrown to the outside and not sucked into the vacuum.
To improve the media flow (siphoning is mediocre at best), I'm thinking about adding a second bucket to the top that the media will be fed from. The recovery will still be out the side.
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