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Agree Caso...just looking to separate me from the media. That little blast pot with a hood is just hard, dirty work. You're right, I could put a piano hinge between the two sheets, use 3/8's so not so heavy, and have something that would collapse to conserve space when not in use.

Whatever you do, take pictures Allen! I havent been able to figure anything out I would want anyone else to see. I just go outside with the bigger stuff. But I HATE doing it! Fix OUR problem!!

A 10ft section will sag under and significant weight... unless you brace it in the middle... then its not a 10 ft section anymore.

I forget this is the internet where folks need to yalp about being smarter then the next guy... but then they make a post like the one above and prove that they are anything but.

If you want 10ft spans you need a bigger diameter to hold up any weight.

I'll bet my PVC building skills up against your internet mouthing off any day.

If you have a nice blast cabinet already, just too small, get some 3/4" or 1 " square tube and some sheets of 14 gauge and make extensions. I would angle the floor of the extensions (a left one and a right one so you have blasting in the center). The angle would be so that the sand can migrate down into the feed. I guess the reason I haven't addressed this issue is because of the nature of the dust. It needs to be tight. That means it would be pretty hard to cobble something together that doesn't leak. I guess when I DO address it, it would be a permanent solution involving welding. This is when I wish I lived in south Texas or somewhere with a really nice climate. I could just make it for outside use and be done with it.

#1) take it easy fellas re: PVC

#2) An extension on the cabinet can be as easy as putting your object in the cabinet, leaving the door open, then taping a big bag or plastic around the opening. OR, as extensive as building an extension box out of wood or metal and using a stick-on foam sealer or a commercial truck cabinet bulb seal. It's just a matter of how much work you want to put in to it or how much permanence you need. I had a co-worker leave the door open and velcro a soft mud flap to our cabinet to minimize the amount of media lost. Then he would sweep up the escapees, sift them and reuse.

I'll say it one last time.
1/2" pvc 20' lengths each end slid over a 2 or 3' chunk rebar stuck in the ground, then tied together with 2 or 3 lengths of rope length wise for securing the 'ribs/rafters' will withstand 2" of snow for days. No fittings and no poles in the middle , just open space like I said earlier Quanset Hut style.
Or you could build one really long sweat lodge to help clear out those toxins running round.

If it has to be dust tight the something else would be required but the question was about making a cheap temporary space and I'm simply offering an option that could expand from something to squeeze a fender in or put a whole bed on saw horses in that contains the blast materials. Your lungs are your problem...

My father just blasted his frame and body in his open garage.

It made him SICK.

and I'm still sweeping up sand 10 years later!!! (he never cleans up his garage).