Just an acquired, a new to me bead blaster from a brother Bolter. Got it loaded and ready for the long drive home in a few days. I even got permission from the Wife to buy it. I usually just buy a tool with out telling her, and hope for the best.
Don
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When you going to open up your "Bolter Bead Blasting Business" for all of us fellow MBA Bolters - lol (just kidding)! Glad you were able to make the deal with Tim and hope you and Vicki have a safe trip home.
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From that Picture it looks as if you did a "Drug Deal" in the parking lot If you find it to big for what you need let me know and I come out and remove it for you.
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Make sure you use the replicable clear plastic glass protectors so the media doesn't etch the glass. Mike B
I would suggest extra protectors, glass, bulbs, gloves, etc. It's not fun getting halfway through the job, knowing you got perfect paint weather the next day, and you have stop because the abrasive is burning holes in your flesh or you can't see what you're blasting any more.
Smart move telling the wife. Mine has no idea what tools I have or buy but something as large as the bead blaster is hard to sneak into the garage. That is something I would have told her about also.
Nice score! You’ll find plenty of other uses for it, besides truck parts, I’m sure
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We got home yesterday with no major issues on the trip/vacation. Tim sold it as a complete unit including extra gloves, glass protectors and 200 pounds of blasting medium. Thanks Tim for a great deal and we both enjoyed chatting with you. It will be a couple weeks before I can get it set up. When I do, I think the wife will make good use of it for her crafts. She has never been around one and does not know what it can do. As for fellow Bolter’s using it, bring it on! And no, it’s not mobile.
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck "The Flag Pole" In the Stovebolt Gallery 1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most!
Smart move telling the wife. Mine has no idea what tools I have or buy but something as large as the bead blaster is hard to sneak into the garage. That is something I would have told her about also.
Vicki is a great gal and a lot of Stovebolters have met her agree. What she is doing with me, I'll never understand?
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck "The Flag Pole" In the Stovebolt Gallery 1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most!
Glad you were able to make the deal with Tim and hope you and Vicki have a safe trip home. 
