SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: hotrod56cars on January 02, 2008, 07:09:20 PM
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I got a new shop toy.
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The victim at the half way mark. Took about 5 minutes of blasting and about 10 minutes of waiting for the air compressor to "kepp up".
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Several months back I got a bench grinder (never got a chance to mount it on a bench yet). I'm going to put a polishing wheel on it and see how much crap I can screw up. >:D J/K I'll repost some pictures as the little project continues. I thought maybe someone out there was curious how well this "home style" stuff works.
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nice what did you get your checks, how much was that and where did you get it at, how big is the compressor that feeds that. thanks h2o
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Looks great Rod. I've got a box of parts ready for you to test your new toy on. Do you pick up and deliver? ;D
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When can I come over and use that thing? >:D
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Is that sand or beads?
I blasted some parts w my neighbor's bead blaster; it's the way to go; I messed up though, he got rid of a sand blaster when he got the new bead blaster and I missed out on it (not that I'd have anywhere to put it).
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nice what did you get your checks, how much was that and where did you get it at, how big is the compressor that feeds that. thanks h2o
Still haven't receieved the checks. I bought it right after I was injured before I knew I was going to have to go without cash for a while.
I got it at Harbor Freight. It was supposed to be $119.99 but there was an incorrect tag on it that read $79.99 so I got it for $79.99. It came with several diffenet tip sizes that I haven't played with those yet. I assume the bigger the hole in the tip the harder the air compressor would have to work. My air compressor is also Harbor Freight stuff, 21 gallon, unknown HP, and definately a "weak link" but it will work for now. It's regulated at 115 psi and the sand blaster states a 100 psi max. 115 seems to be working just fine.
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looks like it works pretty damn good
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Is that sand or beads?
I blasted some parts w my neighbor's bead blaster; it's the way to go; I messed up though, he got rid of a sand blaster when he got the new bead blaster and I missed out on it (not that I'd have anywhere to put it).
I'm using sand right now. It's sand that is sold at Home Depot for sand blasting houses and concrete ;D it's about $3 a bag (cheap). I also have a sand blaster that I bought at Home Depot but there is no cabinet to it.
76 Bonnevile I'll let you know. :D
Plesh you can use this thing whenever you want, just don't burn up my compressor! No wait, burn it up and buy me a new one. Thanks.
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Looks great Rod. I've got a box of parts ready for you to test your new toy on. Do you pick up and deliver? ;D
I want to know his shipping rates ;D
But seriously, a glass bead cabinet's a great score! very nice HotRod...
so when you get to use that with a buffer wheel on the bench grinder, no aluminum in the shop is safe ;D you'll need these 8)
-Rebel
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I've got a complete Hardin Marine 455 I need to re-polish. This aluminum stringer mount battery mount is just my test piece.
I finished sand blasting the top. All in all it took me about a half hour, most of it spent waiting for my compressor. From about 90 psi and up it kicks butt but once the psi gets below about 90 psi the going gets slow. My removeable ankle cast is full of sand because it turns out that the cabinet has a few leaks. Chinese quality/you get what you pay for. Nothing a little bit of TLC and silicone won't take care of. There are pits from corosion in parts of the top so it will be interesting to see how much "work" is required to polish it.
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I finished sand blasting the battery tray/mount. Now I am waiting for some polish and some wheels to show up at ny door.
I sealed the thing with glue today, moved the sand drain hole from the bottom side to the bottom, and tack welded the suction tube to the bottom of the pit so I wouldn't have to put as much sand in it.
I'll post up pics once the polish and wheels arrive. All in all it took me about an hour to sand blast everything, not counting the down time of waiting for the compressor to catch up with the sand blaster.
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Oddly, the only place where there is any pitting is on the top, the only spot on it where I'm going to polish it. :D This is going to end up underneath my '32 pickup.
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Here's the new bench grinder, (damaged packaging, returned stock blow-out sale, 3 1/2 HP, 3450 RPM, 3.5 amp). I think I paid $16 or $18 for it. I'm also going to experiment a bit with putting a buffing wheel on a ? air die grinder, air drill, electric drill, etc... :D so I don't have to hold up the logs and snails for polishing. ;) Any suggestion's? Anyone? I'm going to try and (re)polish an entire 455's Hardin Marine parts. The battery mount is really just for experimentation.
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The last pic shows the grinder with the Cotton wheel already on the bench grinder... for easier access you might want to remove the guard!
Makes it easier to get things at the wheel, now put some paste on it and try it out! ;D
Want to see you turn that battery tray into a mirror ;)
-Rebel
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if you can do that, i have something you can polish >:D ;D
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alot of boat parts that is-------take it easy rod ;D
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alot of boat parts that is-------take it easy rod ;D
::) :D
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rod, go to truck-n-stuff and get the polishing stuff. They have it all, cutting polish to fine ( Ilike the green sh!t)p.s. get the bar crap >:D
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rod, go to truck-n-stuff and get the polishing stuff. They have it all, cutting polish to fine ( Ilike the green sh!t)p.s. get the bar crap >:D
I'll have to drive the... uhg... the mini-van since my truck has a 5 speed. :P :D
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LOL :D POOR ROD ;D
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Truck n Stuff
1666 N. Magnolia
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But the sh!t I ordered through eBay just came in, so I don't have to drive the min-van. >:D
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I got the stuff in that I had ordered. The smaller wheel is the one I already had.
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The battery tray is a smooth cast piece that's never been polished.
The pic below is using white or green compounds with no sanding. Very less than desirable results.
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The next buffing project is a project that I am sure a lot of the people on this board have. A previously polished part that has become very dull over the years. This one is a water pump block off plate for the 455 Olds (which is for sale by the way).
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It appears that with polishing it's all about the prepwork. The more the prep work done the less time it takes on the buffing wheel itself. It'll be interesting to see how long it will take me to buff out this water pump block off plate.
In the previous pics each "step" was about a minute long on the buffing wheel. The sanding that I did on that battery tray was with 320 grit and "hurried".
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5 minutes into the project.
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I'm going to finish it and then move on to fixing up some sort of portable buffer for the heavier stuff like logs with snails.
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Looking good Rod. Keep it up.
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those need to be replished again! I'm tried of doing it ;D
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plesh, what kind of jet is that ;D :o
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the fast kind ;D
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That tub ain't going no where without props. Those things would look good on my jacquzzi tub >:D
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The finished water pump block off plate. Took me about 10 minutes to re-polish it. My bench grinder really doesn't have enough power for the larger buffing wheel. I think that sometime in the future I'm going to look for a BIG electric motor to attach my buffing wheels to but for now the bench grinder works good enough.
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I also started to experiment with other more portable tools to attach the buffing wheel to. The following tools don't "cut it" with a large buffing wheel: air drill, air die grinder, electric 4.5 amp drill. My Makita grinder works OK but it vibrates like all holy hell, probably because the buffing wheel may not be centered perfectly.
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Here's a snail I spent about 30 seconds on with the Makita grinder.
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The grinder has been working pretty good for me on polishing the rest of the aluminum parts. The problem now is removing the residue from polishing the part, wipre off the part with a rag and it's covered with scratches. I think I'm going to try a different rag. Plesh told me how to clean it but I forgot, something about baby powder or... ???
I got another new shop toy. :o
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It's a Harbor Freight 20 gallon solvent tank. ;D It now has about 8 gallons of solvent in it and makes cleaning parts absolutely EASY.
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flour ;D
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flour ;D
Exactly, flour not baby powder. I'll call you later so you can tell me again how to clean this sh!t up.
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My solvent tank
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Dam i got the same tank :o
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I tried to get my intake mani in it but it just didn't work :'(
No worries; I'll take that to my neighbor's bead blaster.
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just drive over to Rod's ;D
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You guys are hillarious ;D
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Now if you would just use it! >:D And stop sitting on your a$$ ;D