Heavens Eagle
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Hey! A new installment of Tool Time! Something really different this time and it starts about 30 years ago. At the time I was really into trying to build super models (yeah, kind of like I do now 
) and a "NEW" tool showed up called and "Air Eraser".
It is actually designed for use by artists to scrub off excess paint without actually scrubbing the paint. Also, it is used for etching glass and metal in small areas, you get the picture. Well probably not as I have not really explained what it really is yet.
It is a miniature sand blaster. Anyone that has been in a lot of shops has seen the big cabinets with the little window, two holes with rubber gloves and a lot of abrasive media inside. When it fires up the inside is filled with a cloud of the abrasive media. This is the size of a fat airbrush and uses an airbrush compressor, though to 30-60 psi.
For now I will pass it over to the photos as my photos will do a nice job of showing and explaining what is going on here. My thought for hobby work will to be trying it out to chip/wear away paint on builds. If I do so it will be done at a very light pressure setting and possibly at some distance. For now some stuff from work made me think about this and pull it out of the storage box and get it going again.
As I have just played with it a tiny bit, it will be a while before I can give more info. It works quite well compared to a big unit that my friend has for doing this same job. It took me less than a minute once I got it set up and it seems to take him a lot longer and it is a bit of a fight to get his regular spray unit to work.
) and a "NEW" tool showed up called and "Air Eraser".It is actually designed for use by artists to scrub off excess paint without actually scrubbing the paint. Also, it is used for etching glass and metal in small areas, you get the picture. Well probably not as I have not really explained what it really is yet.
It is a miniature sand blaster. Anyone that has been in a lot of shops has seen the big cabinets with the little window, two holes with rubber gloves and a lot of abrasive media inside. When it fires up the inside is filled with a cloud of the abrasive media. This is the size of a fat airbrush and uses an airbrush compressor, though to 30-60 psi.
For now I will pass it over to the photos as my photos will do a nice job of showing and explaining what is going on here. My thought for hobby work will to be trying it out to chip/wear away paint on builds. If I do so it will be done at a very light pressure setting and possibly at some distance. For now some stuff from work made me think about this and pull it out of the storage box and get it going again.
As I have just played with it a tiny bit, it will be a while before I can give more info. It works quite well compared to a big unit that my friend has for doing this same job. It took me less than a minute once I got it set up and it seems to take him a lot longer and it is a bit of a fight to get his regular spray unit to work.
