OEMTOOLS 24815 Bench Top Abrasive Blast Cabinet (5-(Pack))

Works great, I built a freestanding stand for it and screwed a release petcock in the bottom to be able to remove media easier. Aloha, Mark

I received the updated green box. No dent or shipping damage as some have mentioned. Box seal isn't that great but could be easily fixed with a little additional weather stripping on the top cover. Came with 4 ceramic nozzles of different sizes and plumbers tape for the compressor fittings and several window protector films. The compressor fitting it comes with is a permanent adapter which is ok but I immediately replaced it with a quick connect so I could easily attach the hose or switch between tools as needed. Works great for my needs, mostly hobby work. Needs about 15-20 lb. of media to run smooth without shaking the box to get media to the feeder. I've used it to refinish pistol slides and car parts. Media feed hose is a bit short and could use another 6-8". Overall very happy

This tool serves my need well, which is to bead blast small aluminum parts (roughly 9"x4.5"x2") before anodizing. If you want to sandblast the rust off a V-8 exhaust manifold, this probably is not the tool for you. The supply hoses feed into the work space from the right-front, and of course you have to stick your hands in from the front to hold the part and manipulate the air gun. Effectively, this limits the usable volume of the cabinet to a cube in the left-rear corner - a space roughly 16" wide by 12" high and 12" deep. Which is fine for what I am doing, but probably not big enough for an exhaust manifold.The internal light is not spectacular, but it is helpful. I had no problems with dust inside or outside the cabinet, but then bead blasting clean aluminum does not create the sort of dust that more aggressive blast media and rusty iron would create. The cabinet has two filtered vents - one on the back and one on the right side. It appears that the vent on the right side is intended to allow something like a shop-vac to be connected, but you will have to fabricate some sort of adapter yourself in order to connect a vacuum hose. Quite literally, there is nothing on the outside of this filtered vent but a hole.The blast media I am using is #10 glass beads. These beads range in size from 3.5 mils to 5.9 mils, which is finer than granulated sugar. I was doubtful about the media feed system (depends completely on the Bernoulli effect), but this media feeds just fine.Pro's - The plexiglass window in the lid is protected on the underside by a stick-on sheet of (vinyl?) plastic. The manufacturer included 9 spare sheets.Con's - The seams of the cabinet itself are neither dust tight nor #10 glass bead tight. The manufacturer seals some of the seams with silicon sealer, but for some reason did not seal the bottom seams on the back and front panels of my cabinet. I had to do that. As mentioned by other reviewers, the packing of this item is inadequate. Some have complained about bent feet. The feet on my cabinet were fine, but at some point it had been dropped on the left end, which caused the light switch housing to indent the left side. I beat the dent back out with a block of wood and a hammer, but the left side does continue to show some damage. The manufacturer needs to work on better packing for shipping.Overall, I gave this item a 4 star rating because it performs well for me in the specific (and somewhat limited) application I have. For me, this was an economical solution to my need.

The packaging isn't very good, so the item arrived banged up. I didn't want to go through the process of returning it and waiting for another so I kept it. This thing leaks everywhere, I even tried taping it up to finish up a small project but it dosn't take long before the whole room is filled with blast media. I regret buying this cabinet.

The unit works great for the money. As with other reviewers, seals leak, bent leg as well as the intake filter and exhaust filter but I should be able to do some tweaking to correct these issues. I found it to be difficult to see in the cabinet after a few minutes of use so I'm hoping that upgrading the light to LED will help along with rigging up a vacuum to the exhaust. Minor issues. Does the job though.

Came fully assembled in the box. All I had to do was hook it up to my compressor, add sand media, and plug the light in. No issues with leaking, the seals on it are great. Also love the green color. Very happy with this purchase!

Blasts fine, one leg was bent in shipping (no big deal) docking one star because the fluorescent light only worked for a couple hours of use and then failed. Replaced with an LED light and now back to going strong.

Just started using it. Seems to by good quality and works well. The seams are all sealed and prevent leakage. Not very large but is the size I need for now. I put it on a rolling stand so I can move it out of the way when not being used.