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Upgrade Deadman Nozzle and Load Abrasive

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This sand blaster was useless, Until I did this.

What happens here

The presenter addresses the nozzle of the deadman switch, explaining that the small, factory-provided nozzles (black, with small holes) caused clogging. He introduces a 6-piece Deadman Switch Replacement Set from Central Machinery (Harbor Freight) which includes a larger, "pink" nozzle with a wider opening. He replaces the current nozzle on his deadman switch with this larger one, noting that he wished he had known about it before straining his entire media supply. He then pours Black Diamond Coal Slag abrasive media (50lb bag by US Minerals) into the sandblaster's tank using a red funnel, which came with the sandblaster.

Goal: Prevent nozzle clogging by upgrading to a larger nozzle and loading the abrasive media.

Tools and materials

  • Deadman Switch — The part of the sandblaster that controls the media flow
  • Funnel Unspecified — Pouring abrasive media into the tank

What they say

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there. So, tighten that down. All right. So, I want to talk about the nozzle. So, you have your inlet and then your outlet. And this is your outlet. This is how you replace your tips. They just screw on and they screw off. Now, the problem I was having was that this tip was getting clogged with the media that I bought. Let me show you. So, the the ones that Harbor Freight comes with are way too small. And I went to Harbor Freight and I picked up the six piece Dead Man switch replacement set. And it came with a bigger nozzle. But I'll show you guys what what this pack comes with here. These are the options that the sand blaster came with out of the package. I was not getting any media through there whatsoever. So, I went to Harbor Freight and I picked up the kit. And I'll show you what the kit has in it. Now, this is the kit. So, this is the kit you can buy from Harbor Freight. I already opened it, but it's a six piece Dead Man. And see that pink one at the top? I got to show you this opening on the pink one. You see that? You want to talk about getting some [ __ ] media through there? Why didn't they Why didn't Harbor Freight include this pink nozzle or sell this separately for what we're doing? So, I'm going to throw the pink nozzle on there now that I got the new setup and I'm going to [ __ ] push some slag through there. So, let's get after it. I wish I would have known about this tip before I went and strained all my media. I just got done straining all of my media. And uh let me tell you, it took me like a week. But, all right, now we're in the blast room here that I built. This thing comes with the funnel. This is your cap. So, I just got done straining or filtering out this coal slag. This was giving me major problems with the other setup. I think it's a little too thick. But now that I got the new the new system on the bottom and that new nozzle that I found at Harbor Freight, I think we'll be good. But I'm going to go ahead and pour this bucket in there and we'll see how it goes. All right. Go ahead and throw the cap on now Get this thing pressurized. So, we got the lid on tight. We're going to go

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