Ron,

I have two cabinets I have built. One has a 2 foot fluorescent fixture in it and the other cabinet (larger) has two PAR flood lamps in it. The abrasive doesn't seem to hurt either of the lamps but they do get dirty.

My units are wired with a toggle switch. When you flip it, the vacuum AND lights come on!

Installing a shop vac into the cabinet is a good idea. Don't forget you need makeup air too. If the vac sucks out, you need fresh air in, so there should be a hole for that too.

I think you might be hard pressed to find actual 'screw in' blast cabinet gloves anywhere other than the net. Eastwood or TIP might have them.

Stuart