my wife is getting into glass etching. got the air gun and compressor now need the blasting media, will this work for that?
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Yes works great, be sure to have a pan or something to blast into stuff goes everywhere and is very fine, gloves and eye protection is a must.
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Unless you have a quick recovery air compressor, it will be slow and use lots of sand. Hint: wire brush with grinder and blast crevices you can't reach with that.
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My quick answer is probably not....this little drill press doesn't have a lot of power, but I'm not familiar with drilling any kind of glass. I suppose with the right bit it's possible but I suspect even the slowest speed available on it might be too fast for glass. It's not a big investment tool-wise so it might be worth the try. I've been using this a lot for my wood items, many thousands of holes drilled at this point and it's holding up just fine. Hope this helps, good luck!
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you will have to check the canisters you buy.Cannisters are rated for different materials.Are you speaking of using it for fiberglass sanding, car paint, there are pre filters like cloth attaching to outside that work in conjunction with the canister.If you are talking chemical weapons you can buy those BUT dont know if the connections match the mask. Hope I didnt scare you. Marty
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Yes it should work...you can substitute the glass media wherever sand is used!Merle
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The sprayer is advertised to do the project that you describe, but my experience was similar to that of other respondents. It will likely be more pain than gain to set up the sprayer for each stage of your work and then flush it and prepare it for the next. I too gave my sprayer away for free. You don't need an air compressor to.use the sprayer. However, if you do have a compressor, you can get a genuinely useful spray attachment and you won't need to have anything to do with Wagner's sorry product.
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Sorry Justine, don't know for sure. I run mine off a big factory compressor. Yours might work if your material you put through it is thin. I use mine to spray fabric glue, its pretty thick. It pretty much spatters it out, which works great for me.
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The compressor has worked well with the pneumatic tools. I found it on sale later at Lowes.
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In short, I don't know. I have never used this tool for this purpose. I have cut a lot of block with this, and a Horrid Fright grinder (which I have been unable to kill) and not had problems. Given what happened to your PC, I would have my compressor fairly close and blow the thing out every 10-15 minutes, or so. (This will also give the tool a bit of time to cool down.) Good luck with your project.
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I have one of those Porter Cable compressors I got for a brad nailer, and the Critter works fine with it. You won't need anything like 90 PSI, either. If you use too much pressure, the spray will be very dry and dusty.
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It will work if you reduce the air pressure thus reducing the RPM. I use mine for sanding and polishing a lot and do not want it running at it's full RPM because it' to fast. That quickly destroys sanding and polishing disks. I generally use it around 35 to 40 psi which of course requires less CFM. My compressor is very large so CFM is not an issue. I have a small 6 gal pancake compressor for my nail guns etc. I'll hook up the grinder today and report back how it performs.
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Artist like to have those polycarbonate chambers with gloves and a vacuum recovery built in like the scientist use on moveis to handle deadly viruses, but you don't really need any extra tools to scratch some glass with this and an air compressor. I frosted a window using this. I used alumina powder because I had some and I heard it makes a smoother, finer 'frost' than sand.
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I just added the necessary fittings to put the separator in line at any of my air tools.I don't have a nailer... but I have done this successfully with my impact gun, my paint sprayer, and my media blaster, among others ... I don't think you have to put it right at the tool you're working with, anywhere along the air line would work... I do use a separator at my air tank as well, but I live in the Northwest where it is very damp. Good Luck!
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That grinder has a cfm rating for continuous use. Your small compressor will run it, but may run out of air. But regardless. That grinder is a great tool.
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Do not think this will work well for air tools that use lots of air like impact wrenches. For those tools you need a large volume tank. I only use this one for putting air in my motor home tires because it will go to 150psi.
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I doubt it would run a HVLP gun. It would be O.K. for an Air-Brush, but not and full-on spray gun. The tank is too small to keep up with the demand of an HVLP gun. This compressor works great for small hobbyist type project. It's not good for constant demand usage. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and I know what it takes to run spray guns and nail guns. This is not made for heavy use.It works fine for what I use it for. I was tired of spending money on those compressed air cans like "Dust-Off", they use for blowing out computers and keyboards. I use mine to blow out small parts that I have cleaned with solvents and the like on pistols and rifles as well as my reloading bench.I hope this helps. I doubt it would run a HVLP gun. It would be O.K. for an Air-Brush, but not and full-on spray gun. The tank is too small to keep up with the demand of an HVLP gun. This compressor works great for small hobbyist type project. It's not good for constant demand usage. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and I know what it takes to run spray guns and nail guns. This is not made for heavy use.It works fine for what I use it for. I was tired of spending money on those compressed air cans like "Dust-Off", they use for blowing out computers and keyboards. I use mine to blow out... » Read More I doubt it would run a HVLP gun. It would be O.K. for an Air-Brush, but not and full-on spray gun. The tank is too small to keep up with the demand of an HVLP gun. This compressor works great for small hobbyist type project. It's not good for constant demand usage. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and I know what it takes to run spray guns and nail guns. This is not made for heavy use.It works fine for what I use it for. I was tired of spending money on those compressed air cans like "Dust-Off", they use for blowing out computers and keyboards. I use mine to blow out small parts that I have cleaned with solvents and the like on pistols and rifles as well as my reloading bench.I hope this helps. « Show Less
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you need to first find the requirements of the sandblast uint, then choose a compressor.but this unit is so small that only a jeweler would use it for sandblasting.