One job leads to several more

**thehomeengineer** · Mar 9, 2020, 07:31 AM

Hi All
As this post title suggests

I was going to finally get around to spray painting some of my 1" scale traction engine. So set about shot blasting some components to give a good key for the paint. Unfortunately the shot blast gun was not picking up the shot

. The gun was taken apart and the offending part replaced. I also noticed the component tray in the cabinet was looking very tired and badly patched up by its previous owner.

So I thought I can't leave that like that, so easy fix, I will grind the old perforated mesh off and simply bend and weld a new one to the frame. Well the frame was very badly pitted from years of shot and the welds holding it together were nonexistent. So a new frame was also in order. Anyway a five minute job turned in to a all day affair.

But I must say it was one of those jobs that really did need doing and even though i was a little frustrated, not getting anything painted the blast cabinet is in a lot better condition and works.