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I've decided I need a smallish sandblaster cabinet for cleaning brake caliper brackets. I just sold my brake lathe that never got used to make room for it. If any of you have any advice before I make a purchase, I would love to hear it as I've never even used one. I'm not looking to go too cheap, I want it to work well and not be messy.

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That's too cheap:) I'm not looking for something that has to be heavily modified to become mediocre. Because it will only be used for small items, I'm looking for something less than 32" wide to save some space as most commercial units also have some sort of dust collection that will need to be accounted for in the footprint. As of right now the Trinco Model 24 is in the lead unless someone changes my mind.

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I haven't seen a negative comment about them anywhere. I have requested a quote for a Model 30 including shipping but I imagine it's going to end up around $2200. I could save about $500 and go with TP Tools Scat Blast which also seem pretty good but there smallest cabinet is 34". I'm a buy once guy.

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My cabinets were 48X60 pressure cabinets. One shot plastic media and walnut shell, the other shot flower size glass bead. Trick to having a cabinet for any kind of production is air pressure volumn, not the high pressure. I had a 800cfm compressor that ran the shop booths and the two cabinets. So all four guys could be working a the same time. A pressure cabinet will out produce a siphon cabinet about 4 to one in time on a job. But for a small use system, a siphon using higher pressure and a course media will work fine. The dust collectors are OK and normally will collect all the air born dust, where a pressure production system will really capture all the dust, but the costs really go up. Find a good used pressure cabinet and have a blast...

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I would have preferred a pressure system but I'm not willing to upgrade my compressor to have one. Right now my 24 CFM at 175 PSI is fine for a syphon system. I'll be ordering the Trinco Model 30 today and I'm sure it will be great for what I'll be using it for. I'll purchase a separate reclaimer to keep the dust down.

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