Back to the grind.

Kinja'd!!! "CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
08/05/2015 at 09:00 • Filed to: Rat-L-Trap

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The outside of the frame rails are cleaned up enough.

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Here are the spots I’m having trouble with. Behind the braces and the inside face of the rail. I can use my pneumatic die grinder but it runs out of air pretty fast and then I have to wait for pressure to build back up.

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Yuck!

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Eww.

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Gross.

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Spent some time cleaning up this brace and was going to grind off the booger welds.

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When this happened. There’s supposed to be a button inn here that stops my grinder from spinning. OK, I guess I have a new project.


DISCUSSION (23)


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:19

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Best tool for this is this:

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/cat…


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 09:23

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Neat!


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:27

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Incidentally, I still have a third row from an Envoy, and I’m still planning on Maining at some point, so expect that to be available.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 09:29

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Awesome! Do you know how wide it is?


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:30

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Sand (or other media) blast?


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:34

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Y U NO MEDIA BLAST


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:35

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I can measure it. It’s pretty narrow, which I think in your setup is a plus. A good bit more narrow than the middle seat, which was a little over five feet, I think - Ranchero sized. It attaches with three bolts along the back edge and three bolts along the front designed to go over a lip (angled down, bolt through the face). The fancy way to mount it would be on a box, steel or wood. The not-fancy way would be to take two pieces of angle each at front and back, and just support it with two spars welded or bolted into the body.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Party-vi
08/05/2015 at 09:39

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I no have a media blaster!


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 09:41

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You know how I do!


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:42

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Also this:


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:43

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Nor media blast place-thingy! (I’ve sand-blasted with a baby sand-blaster outside in the heat - not fun)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 09:45

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Always Weird Al ... Always.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 09:48

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I’m going to do it the hard way and everyone will need to accept this. :p


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 09:53

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$60 at Lowes for a sand blaster. As long as you don’t mind blowing sand fucking everywhere it’s the only way to clean frames.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Party-vi
08/05/2015 at 09:57

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Will my shit little compressor even be able to work it?


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 10:00

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Prolly. They gots the specs right on them.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 10:01

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I don’t know I’d recommend anything less than a 40 gallon. Anything else is going to make for really variable sand rates, weak blasting and pickup, and beating your compressor like a rented mule. I’ve used a 20(?) gallon compressor with a handheld blaster, and while it’s possible, you have to be willing to spend more than half your time not blasting for anything larger than a dinner plate.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 10:32

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Yeah well I’ve got a couple minutes of the die grinder working before I have to take a break so it wouldn’t really be much difference.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Party-vi
08/05/2015 at 10:33

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I’ll check into it.


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem
08/05/2015 at 10:46

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At the end of the day, one of the midget sandblasters is almost exactly like painting that same area with a model paintbrush. For anything big it’s achingly slow.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 11:29

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It’d probably get into those weird ass shapes pretty good though.


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08/05/2015 at 11:33

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Anything you can’t get the tip within about an inch of, though, forget about it.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/05/2015 at 11:37

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That shouldn’t be an issue.