[AT] sandblasting

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

Wearing a hood is the safest way to go when sand busting large pieces that you can’t put into a blasting chamber, along with a facial respirator. The dust and blasting material are things you don’t want to be breathing. The hood protects you from any accidental blasting of you face, especially your eyes.

When we refurbish an Abrams, we put the chassis, or turret, into a very large chamber and fill it with steel shot. The chamber is spun and the steel shot cleans the interior and exterior surfaces, getting into every corner. Imagine spinning a chamber with a 35+ ton piece and a few tons of steel shot.


----- Original Message -----
From: James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>
To: 'at at lists.antique-tractor.com' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:48:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AT] sandblasting

In Legacy Quarterly No. 40, sandblasting of parts for a Massey-Harris 44 under restoration is shown (page14). The blastor is shown wearing an air supplied  blasting hood.