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I use the concrete apron in front of my shop to sand blast on which presents several problems.

How to keep the sand out of the grass/gravel drive/landscape bed on three sides and more important, how to keep from blasting the doors on the garage?

I worked up some panels from 1" x .120 wall steel tube, plastic tarps, and bungee cords. I can store the panels up against the wall in the shop and put the tarps on a shelf with the bungee cords.

Wheel or carry the pieces out to the apron, set up the framework, install the tarps, haul the blaster and sand out, drag out the hoses, shut the big doors and blast away.

I've used it a couple of times and it takes 10-15 minutes to set up or tear down and it does a great job of containing the sand.

It also keeps some of the less 'car friendly' neighbors from asking to many questions.

Blast Booth

Olblue,

Great idea and nice job on the trailing link suspension cross member. Is that cross member from a 67..72 pickup?

Cool! You must be skilled trades fella, right? They use welding sheilds similar to that over in plant for trades to weld in area they are still running in. There's are on wheels tho and don't connect together. Similar tubing size and height. I might have to try that here.

On neighbors, Mine is an engineer, offers "ideas" to help me thru things that are neat, yet calls the "junker police" on me at same time and "hints" when yard is getting "cluttered" at times. He's our local "snoop" out walking the dog several times a day/week. Always checking me out and what I'm doing if he sees me out. Whatever....try to be freindly. Now my other neighbor has several "fixers" he works in his new shop and sells, BOY, did he Love that "Used Car" lot in his yard! :mad:

Ken,

The center x-member is '66 Chevy half-ton. There are more pictures in the Hi-Po forum under 'Gibbon ...'

GL I'm not quite sure how to break this to ya. I'm the engineer in my neighorhood! . I was ROFL as I read your post. I started out as in electrical power, then controls and now I engineer software applications.

Your spot on about the welding screens. I have a client that builds heavy truck parts and I was looking at the welding screens in their shop and then came up with the design.