Home made sandblast cabinets..lets see them

Always happy to help Rob! :-D I've also got a cheesy dedicated pair of slipjoint pliers in mine too to hold larger bolts.

If you have a bunch of washers to blast, string them on a piece of wire and twist the ends together into a big loop. With a little practice, you'll get to where a quick flick of the wrist will send the one you just blasted to the other side of the loop and bring up the next one in line. When you get that same side on all of the washers blasted, turn the loop over and blast the other sides. It's a lot quicker than picking up each one, and eliminates the possibility of dropping them into the hopper.

An old dishwasher's silverware basket with or without a lid also makes a great cabinet accessory. They're sturdy, and the holes are usually big enough to blast small parts and hardware through without letting all your stuff fall out. Billy helps me with some blasting sometimes and he prefers a small metal coffee can with a bunch of holes drilled through it, but I find it too dark inside and the parts bounce all over the place. It also tends to pulverize the media (creating more dust than necessary).

I don't know if I've mentioned it yet in this thread -- there's a lot of blast cabinet threads out there lol -- but TPTools.com is a great source for everything you might need in the way of blasting accessories. In fact, I need to place an order for some end seals and a shaker ... a prior owner of my 5-footer siliconed the inside of the hopper and it's trapping the media so some maintenance will be happening in short order.