pressure pot

I have the compressor and blasting cabinet and now looking to buy a pressure
pot.
I will probably be blasting small glass items and wondering how to size the
pressure pot.
The two sizes I'm looking at are 40 lbs and 110lbs.

Thanks
Dan

"Dante Mincin" wrote in message
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I have the compressor and blasting cabinet and now looking to buy a
pressure
pot.
I will probably be blasting small glass items and wondering how to size
the
pressure pot.
The two sizes I'm looking at are 40 lbs and 110lbs.

Thanks
Dan

If you have a cabinet, why do you want the pressure pot? The cabinet I
have has a siphon feed out of the bottom of the cabinet.

"Moonraker" wrote in message
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"Dante Mincin" wrote in message
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I have the compressor and blasting cabinet and now looking to buy a
pressure
pot.
I will probably be blasting small glass items and wondering how to size
the
pressure pot.
The two sizes I'm looking at are 40 lbs and 110lbs.

Thanks
Dan

If you have a cabinet, why do you want the pressure pot? The cabinet I
have has a siphon feed out of the bottom of the cabinet.

More efficient, lower air pressure required to do the same job, and a more
even etch.
I typically use 40 lbs air, or less to do a nice even etch with a 3/32
ceramic tip, and it will bore a hole straight thru in less than a minute if
I turn the pressure up to what I use in a gravity feed. It is a bit more
gentle on the item being blasted because you can use 15 lbs on gift ware and
still get the job done.
Just use the cabinet to collect it for refill.

But the biggest you can justify, less time refilling is more time being
productive, but be sure it is in a temperature controlled surrounding, don't
want the steel tank condensation and getting the medium all wet. Doesn't
work well that way, and no matter what size you get, when it gets wet it is
too big.

I was wondering about leaving the medium in the unit. I'll go with the
bigger unit.

Thanks


"Javahut" wrote in message
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"Moonraker" wrote in message
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"Dante Mincin" wrote in message
...
I have the compressor and blasting cabinet and now looking to buy a
pressure
pot.
I will probably be blasting small glass items and wondering how to size
the
pressure pot.
The two sizes I'm looking at are 40 lbs and 110lbs.

Thanks
Dan

If you have a cabinet, why do you want the pressure pot? The cabinet I
have has a siphon feed out of the bottom of the cabinet.

More efficient, lower air pressure required to do the same job, and a more
even etch.
I typically use 40 lbs air, or less to do a nice even etch with a 3/32
ceramic tip, and it will bore a hole straight thru in less than a minute
if
I turn the pressure up to what I use in a gravity feed. It is a bit more
gentle on the item being blasted because you can use 15 lbs on gift ware
and
still get the job done.
Just use the cabinet to collect it for refill.

But the biggest you can justify, less time refilling is more time being
productive, but be sure it is in a temperature controlled surrounding,
don't
want the steel tank condensation and getting the medium all wet. Doesn't
work well that way, and no matter what size you get, when it gets wet it
is
too big.