The build has begun!
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yea bro.. were looking at building something along the lines of
60 inches long
27 high
20-24 wide..
Should be enough for the blaster frame with a little room to spare.. if i can make it smaller then good.. i just wanted to make sure i had enough room..
from what i was reading on another forums.. they said it could be done for around 300.
but i still need to find a used or cheap brake to bend the steel with. figured id use 28 galvanized steel and leave 2-3 inches each side for insulation.
60 inches long
27 high
20-24 wide..
Should be enough for the blaster frame with a little room to spare.. if i can make it smaller then good.. i just wanted to make sure i had enough room..
from what i was reading on another forums.. they said it could be done for around 300.
but i still need to find a used or cheap brake to bend the steel with. figured id use 28 galvanized steel and leave 2-3 inches each side for insulation.
Hmm...gotta watch what insulation you put in them. Gotta be high temp stuff. I got my insulation for about $150. I got 22 Gauge and 20 gauge sheet metal for mine. I got my control box made by an electrical engineer and it's digital with a timer. a little high tech, but at the time i could afford it.
All in all, I spent around $1,600 building mine. A little over budget but worked nicely. Just make sure your dimensions are good on the frame, because you don't want to be bumping it putting that frame in the oven after it's got powder on it. I know mine was still a little tight inside right at 3' wide, 3' deep, and a little over 5' tall. If you plan it out, then it will work nicely for you! What was you going to use for heat? Make sure if you use regular stove elements, it clears your workpiece with adequate space so you don't over cook the powder in some spots, and under cook it in others. You want a nice uniform heat put to the workpiece.
All in all, I spent around $1,600 building mine. A little over budget but worked nicely. Just make sure your dimensions are good on the frame, because you don't want to be bumping it putting that frame in the oven after it's got powder on it. I know mine was still a little tight inside right at 3' wide, 3' deep, and a little over 5' tall. If you plan it out, then it will work nicely for you! What was you going to use for heat? Make sure if you use regular stove elements, it clears your workpiece with adequate space so you don't over cook the powder in some spots, and under cook it in others. You want a nice uniform heat put to the workpiece.
The way j built his is really probably one of the best ways to go about in building an oven. Here was his oven build.
Started on my oven - Caswell Inc. Metal Finishing Forums
Go over it cause it really all worked out well. No needing to bend sheet metal, the insulation fit nicely inside the frame.
If I had it to do over again, the only thing i would change about that is reinforcing the door and supporting it better at the hinges, because the door drooped from the weight after awhile.
Phil....we may have to do something about that when we put it back up
That is a really good parts list for ya in that thread! Good find...
Phil....we may have to do something about that when we put it back up
That is a really good parts list for ya in that thread! Good find...
Yeah. maybe we can run a frame on the inside made of tubing and have the hinge bolts go through that so all the stress isn't on the frame.
Exactly.....maybe weld up a frame from an old bed or something. The metal supports from the bottom that hold on the mattress? i got one of them here left over from the beds that we use to have before. Hmm...now were thinkin!
I think those are usually a cast steel. might want to check if it is then it would be a pain to work with. If all else fails I can grab some tubing from my work and go from there.
man i wish that damn link worked j... you need to see this fellas oven.. he made it so its all on a slide.. you can slide your objects in and out of the oven.. its also collapseable
looked neat as hell.. built it for 300 he claims.. hes got all the material lists and all.. i just cant get the link to work.
looked neat as hell.. built it for 300 he claims.. hes got all the material lists and all.. i just cant get the link to work.
Thanks guys. I need to get this oven up..
Boost...yeh i'd like to see this oven. Are you referring to a conveyor style oven? Most use chains that you hang the parts on and they go into the oven
Boost...yeh i'd like to see this oven. Are you referring to a conveyor style oven? Most use chains that you hang the parts on and they go into the oven
yea it slides in and out.. its cool as hell heres the link but it says the user has exceeded his servers bandwidth for the month.
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Yeh it's still exceeded...check on that oven building forum that i was on. You can also get alot of info on there for building the oven too.
yea im going to register there today sometime.. gonna wait till kid takes a nap..
btw. a friend of mine who sprays harley was telling me about some dupont/emron paint.. it has to be baked for a short time but he said its hard as nails.. alot of candy colors and burnt colors to chose from..not that u cant mix paint and get what you want anyway but..he said alot of commercial trucking companies use it due to it not chipping alot when hit by rocks..he quoted this.. " comes out like glass." and is hard as nails..bonds well..
if this is the case i might not powder coat.. but i want the oven anyway to bake mine in + pc other ppl's stuff.. im looking for another color.. either slate grey that looks like a primer coat type paint.. ( not primer grey but the texture of primer itself in slate grey ) or bright orange like the new 450r or brighter... i was thinking about pc it tripple chrome.. buti doubt ill have my oven done by then.. a shop would charge out of the ass for that im sure.
Just take your time....gotta have patience. Unless this stuff was like duraliner...I doubt it's got the durability over powder. Some Harley places will use a powder as a base, then paint over that for added corrosion protection. If you use a powder called silver vein, that stuff is hard as nails. It's a good base for transparents as well. If you use the right prep with powder, it will last an extremely long time. As far as UV resistance and other things, it has a high tolerance to that too, some more than others. They have industrial type powders too.
Go here and check out their different powders and what their intended uses are. this place has really good powder and is worth all the money you pay for it.
TIGER Coatings: Color Charts / Brochures
Go here and check out their different powders and what their intended uses are. this place has really good powder and is worth all the money you pay for it.
TIGER Coatings: Color Charts / Brochures
wow they do have great colors.. i use to work at a bike shop that sold cannondale... this company does paint for them...that sweet..
i live their dark grey metalic.. its either that or orange for me...
still tho think about it.. TRIPPLE CHROME...<3 not many blastys have that.
i live their dark grey metalic.. its either that or orange for me...
still tho think about it.. TRIPPLE CHROME...<3 not many blastys have that.
man i just read that oven thread....man thats awesome...i need to do something here but really dont have the confidence to do build a oven, untill the other day i didnt even know it was possible
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