The Ford Barn

Lawson Cox · 02-11-2022, 04:18 PM

I have an old gravity fed sand blaster. It has worked fine for years. It was working fine as I was cleaning up my transmission case and then it just quit blasting sand and started blowing air/sand up from the bottom of the hopper. It just reversed cycle somehow. I thought it may be the old dry rotted hose so I replaced everything. Same thing. I have 1/2 a transmission case to finish and I'm NOT going to invest in a new sand blaster just to finish that job. Manufacturer is out of business. Bead blasted a few small things in the cabinet while I pondered this enigma. (I can't put transmission in bead blasting cabinet.) Any ideas as to a solution?

02-11-2022, 04:18 PM	#1
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,082	Off Topic. Sand blaster I have an old gravity fed sand blaster. It has worked fine for years. It was working fine as I was cleaning up my transmission case and then it just quit blasting sand and started blowing air/sand up from the bottom of the hopper. It just reversed cycle somehow. I thought it may be the old dry rotted hose so I replaced everything. Same thing. I have 1/2 a transmission case to finish and I'm NOT going to invest in a new sand blaster just to finish that job. Manufacturer is out of business. Bead blasted a few small things in the cabinet while I pondered this enigma. (I can't put transmission in bead blasting cabinet.) Any ideas as to a solution? __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".