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Looks like you are off to a great start! Cal

That's one way to plow a furrow! I think the weight advantage goes to... the steam tractor. Cal

Bill, what machine do you have? Cal

Wildgoose, I just use a decent quality nuisance mask. If your vacuum is pulling good there really shouldn't be any (or much) dust around you. Using it inside shouldn't be a problem either. Mine is outside, but I lack for space and I am located in Georgia also... To keep water out of my system I have a "toilet paper" filter about 30-35' from my compressor and drain the compressor after every couple hours of use. I don't know about stone yet, but as far as reusing the media, I just leave it in the cabinet and add when I need to. When I was blasting rust and such from car parts outside the cabinet I would sweep it up and pour it through a small screen and reuse. Cal

Thanks Bob! Cal

I think Auburn has made a pact with the devil. I mean, how many games can they win by a crazy improbable last play? Cal

I have the small unit from H.F. also; been using it for several years, although I just got into doing glass & mirrors. I am using sand. What is your air supply? You need a good source of dry air so you might consider putting a water filter or trap in your line. A good vacuum hooked up to it, and I clean the vacuum filter after every couple hours or so of use. I also wear a decent dust mask when I use it. A couple other items regarding using this cabinet. I keep a sheet of plastic taped to the inside of the glass window to protect the window from being etched. I used to use the sheets for old overhead projectors, it took 3 sheets each time. Then a friend at a print shop gave me several pieces of used plastic used at his shop, large pieces that I have to cut down but it works great. I change this out every so often when it starts to get hard to see my project. For lighting I bought a cheap H.F. fluorescent work light (#92079) that I set on top of the window, the clip on the light hangs on the edge of the window frame nicely. Cal

I said WOW before I got down to arty-rd's post!!! Will someone actually drive this around? Without being paid for it? Just kidding, kinda. Seriously nice work. How many hours have you in it at this point? Please post up some more when you are finished with it. Cal

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Nice job! Is that an open wall on the left? If it is, you might consider installing an electrical outlet over there. Be very simple to put a shelf below that lower rack of dowels to hold those other tools of the trade. I might try and cop this idea for myself now that I think about it... Cal

61, plan to retire next spring. Then I can do more vinyl... Cal

Great news! Good luck with it. Cal

Welcome aboard, from next door - Georgia. Cal

Looks good, thanks for posting it up! Cal

As a newbie to the game, thank you Scott for starting this thread. I will very definately put the grounding wire on my "to do" list for the weekend. Cal

I was hoping that Bob would come in on this! Nice work for sure... Cal

Here is a link to a couple sets of mirrors I did: http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php?/topic/41849-car-sunvisor-mirrors/?hl=firebird Cal

That is nice knucklehead! Cal

Add me to the list that is looking forward to experienced blasters posting here. I have the small H.F. cabinet and an SC cutter. So far I have been doing quite a few glasses and some few mirrors. My biggest problem with small text is leaving in the inner parts, like on an "8", small cap "e" and such. Cal

I loved that story you posted Scott, and I could relate to it having grown up in upstate NY - on the edge of the snow belt no less, with lake effect snow. I much prefer it in middle Georgia. We might see a dusting every couple of years. All they have to do is mention there is the possibility of snow here and businesses start shutting down and the food stores get stripped to bare shelves! Cal

Wouldn't a dedicated credit card do the same for you? Cal

Dakotagrafx, tip - labels come off- use a mask sand blast and then use rub n buff for color! looks great Could you tell us a little more about this? What is the "rub & buff" stuff? Thanks, Cal

A habit that I have is after getting the vinyl in place and the pinch rollers locked down is to run the vinyl through and back for a length that I am likely to be cutting. I do this when setting the origin point and it has saved me a couple of times when I didn't have the pinch rollers placed correctly. I know, newbie mistakes, but it didn't ruin any vinyl... Cal

Nice!