Allsource 100-lb. Pressure Blaster,
July 20, 2009
By Steve6080 from Tewksbury, MA
"Solidly constructed, wheels can handle fully loaded unit on solid deck without problem, but are a bit narrow for moving on grass or gravel. Welds are clean and substantial. Easily assembled from included instructions. Blast tip is a heavy duty piece of ceramic and the nozzle mechanism is a beefy spring loaded cover with a replaceable ceramic block to cover the tip when not in use. Capacity is enough to supply a heavy flow for 15 to 20 minutes. With a dry air supply, this unit will throw abrasive media with high flow and ample kinetic energy to blast parts down to bare metal quickly. Valves and well made ball-type and do take some adjustments in the field based on media size and density, but once you have it dialed in, it just goes and goes. Far superior to the media flow from a siphon-based unit. Parts survive shipping well and travel in styrofoam packed box."
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ALC pressure blaster #41600,
April 30, 2009
By EPR3 from West Bloomfield, New York
"Nice and light. Move it around without a crane. Wokmanship is fine. Basic design is excellent. Media loads are small and quickly used up. That's OK. No "ballbusting" with this one. The nozzels are TYPE ONE, they're huge...that's good....no "wimpy nozzels" here...You'll use them up fast. Get an extra "out put hose", 10 footer is the one. It will be eight foot in no time as you cut off "blown sections' -it will "blow throught" with carbide in no time. "Lead Time".. hose and nozzels are expendables. Have stock on-hand...or wait....The nozzels are packed 2 per pack for a reason...CFM of a nozzel and your air compressor's out are CRITICAL...My compressor is 26 CFM @ 175 psi. If your compressor cannot put out the volume, you should think about a compressor that willDon't over pressure or under CFM. Don't feed wet or damp media into the unit. Been there ,done that. If "this unit" will not work for you, pay someone to do it for you. Five Stars for the Manufacturer and Six for Northern for the introduction.Stainless screen is avaiable to sift your recycled media...the screen is cheap, the Carbide is very "quick"and very expensive, but can be used over and over. Feed media slowly. Valve at the bottom of the tank. Too open too soon and you may clog...You'll only do that once.......You'll love this unit..."
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