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Old 07-16-2022, 11:34 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Is there any way to home-brew a setup? I don't think we should trust Xist with lasers.
Homebrew - throw some small dry ice pellets in a media blaster. It won't work as well as either sand or a real ice blaster but it will work somewhat.

There are consumer versions on Alibaba for about $1,000. Professional machines start at about $20K - which pays for itself quickly in a production environment.

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Old 07-16-2022, 12:52 PM   #12 (permalink)
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To run a dry ice blaster it takes a lot of compressed air.
Back in the day I would combine my 5hp gasoline air compressor with a 2hp electric and would keep up pretty well.
A single electric air compressor would keep up with a sand or dry ice blaster would cost at least $2,500 and that was 2014 pricing, last time I looked at air compressors.
All my air compressors were cobbled together from junk I had laying around and junk I found at the scrap yard.
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My dream would be the Dunn-right air compressor

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Except I'd want it in a Harley Tricycle chassis.
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A VW engine is something like 1,600cc so it would be an 800cc engine with a big compressor.
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Typically. 1100 to 2400cc is the range.

This one is a BMW frame grafted onto the rear torsion bar.



Just needs a big air tank and a toolbox.

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