ischua Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Tonight I started to build my new workstation for prepping fossils. I picked up a blasting cabinet at our farm supply store. I removed the heavy duty gloves and sandblasting gun and adapted some other stuff to attach the shop vac . I need a few pieces to add more led lights to the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Looking good...... TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I see you have the most important piece of equipment set up already... the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 The cabinets are on sale at $94 US I need to add a carpet/pad to work on. I was surprised how quiet the tools were inside. I will hook up the vacuum this weekend I need more hose to vent it outside. No more dust and rock chunks on the floor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Some shop vacs aren't equipped to handle the super fine particles created by prepping fossils and can expel it into the air. You can test your vacuum by sucking up some flour or baking soda in a dark room with a black light lit up. If your vaccum is expelling the fine particles, your black light will illuminate them as they leave the air return. This method will also expose other leaks in your system. I highly recommend you test your system before continual operation. You can develop one or more of the many pulmonary diseases contributed to breathing in fine particulates. Pulmonary fibrosis is the worst and is always 100% fatal. Depending on your brand, a wet filter can be placed inside to capture these particles. Best regards, Paul 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I would avoid using a piece of carpet inside the sand blasting box. If you loose a small piece (and you will) it would be really hard to find in the carpet. Try using a surface you can sweep easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I would be lying if I said I wasn't just a liiiitle bit jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 12 hours ago, ischua said: The cabinets are on sale at $94 US I need to add a carpet/pad to work on. I was surprised how quiet the tools were inside. I will hook up the vacuum this weekend I need more hose to vent it outside. No more dust and rock chunks on the floor! What? You don't like constantly sweeping up dust and rock chunks? That's crazy talk. Very nice cabinet. I still need to come up with a good dust collection system for my space... Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Nice RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 On 10/20/2016 at 10:55 PM, Raggedy Man said: Some shop vacs aren't equipped to handle the super fine particles created by prepping fossils and can expel it into the air. You can test your vacuum by sucking up some flour or baking soda in a dark room with a black light lit up. If your vaccum is expelling the fine particles, your black light will illuminate them as they leave the air return. This method will also expose other leaks in your system. I highly recommend you test your system before continual operation. You can develop one or more of the many pulmonary diseases contributed to breathing in fine particulates. Pulmonary fibrosis is the worst and is always 100% fatal. Depending on your brand, a wet filter can be placed inside to capture these particles. Best regards, Paul I'm hoping to bypass this issue. I calked all the seams and holes and the vacuum will be will be vented to the outside so hopefully no dust leaks. I have a box filter (HEPA) if anything gets loose. I use it for wood carving its good for dust and smoke but nothing heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ischua Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Today I finished the dust box. A quick trip to the hardware store gave me fittings that vacuum could plug right into. I tried the baby powder test with no leaks.. dust went outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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