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Any of these on sale items at Harbor Freight worth having? HF SALE web page

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I have the 40 lb pressure blaster and the bench-top cabinet. They both are well made and work fine.

If I was buying a pressure blaster now, I would buy the 110 lb tank so a full bag of sand/media could be loaded at one time. Also, some other pressure blaster tanks have a funnel-like top and might be easier to fill (to me they are not worth the extra price, unless they fill faster).

Also, a dead-man nozzle looks like a nice adaptation but it adds to the cost and might not work with the hoses on either of the above tanks.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43839

Tim

Thanks Tim--

I've got a little 5gal compressor rig--guess it will pull the larger pressure blaster. Seems like pretty good prices and I'm looking at quite a bit of metal cleaning and paint stripping on my new rig.

I have one of their 2 ton foldable shop cranes, and it's really good, better than one that I rented. They don't tell you that you should grease the pivot bolts, but if you do it works a bit smoother. I also have one of their 12 ton hydraulic presses, and it gets the job done but I broke it and had to get them to swap a part. Their tools vary quite a bit in quality and if I was using them every day I would buy something better.