I have been wanting a blast cabinet for years and I bought a HF bench top model due to space restrictions in my garage. I know, I’ve viewed the forum’s on Stovebolt, that say “buy the biggest you can”, but I just don’t have that floor space. My garage is only 24’ by 24’, with 8” thick concrete walls leaving me with 22’ 8” interior space and I share my garage with my wife’s pride and joy, a 2007 VW Eos, a sporty hard top convertible with a 2.0 turbo, so space is at a premium. The bench top model was really my only option.
Looking at your photo, I think you could have gotten the freestanding model with the funnel base since you have it on a cart rather than a bench. HF's freestanding cabinet is only a foot larger in width. A buddy bought one of those and he needed to blast some long parts (I do as well ), so we added about 5 ft of 10" round duct to each end. We needed to fab up a metal door to replace the plastic one to support the duct on the door end, but that wasn't a big deal as I had some 16 gage steel and he had a friend with a box brake. We haven't used it yet, though. Need to get after some stuff that needs blasting.
BTW, I wish I had your garage. Mine is a single car with about 4' extra on one side, so about 24' x 12'. It's crammed full of my truck project and my wife's car has been ousted for over 2 years now. She hates that it has to live out in the cold. That comes up fairly frequently, especially since it's finally gotten below zero here. A double car garage would have been better for the marriage, but then she'd complain about the dust all over her car.
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), so we added about 5 ft of 10" round duct to each end. We needed to fab up a metal door to replace the plastic one to support the duct on the door end, but that wasn't a big deal as I had some 16 gage steel and he had a friend with a box brake. We haven't used it yet, though. Need to get after some stuff that needs blasting.
A double car garage would have been better for the marriage, but then she'd complain about the dust all over her car. 
