Not a lot of powder coat oven build threads out there that I see. I've had a decent gun set-up for awhile (Columbia Coatings Kool Koat or something.) I'm sure it's a re-badged system made by someone else. In any event I really like it but have been constrained to cure the paint in a kitchen oven and even made a "pregnant" kitchen oven. The 3FE valve cover barely fit in that one,
So with advice and inspiration from Patrick @dogfishlake I decided to build a proper oven.
Getting started on the base. In hind sight should have definitely upsized the casters. This thing is a heavy beast.
Construction is steel framing studs riveted together. The Harbor Freight air over hydraulic rivet gun was worth it's weight in gold. I had to have shot over 6 or 7 hundred rivets said and done. As you can see I'm recessing the heaters. It's more work but worth it I think.,
Coming together.
So as I said recessed heaters. Also being uptight I'm adding an additional heat shield behind the heaters and kind of polished them up. I want to keep the heat in the oven. The studs here are just to space the shield away from the back panel.
To be continued.
So with advice and inspiration from Patrick @dogfishlake I decided to build a proper oven.
Getting started on the base. In hind sight should have definitely upsized the casters. This thing is a heavy beast.
Construction is steel framing studs riveted together. The Harbor Freight air over hydraulic rivet gun was worth it's weight in gold. I had to have shot over 6 or 7 hundred rivets said and done. As you can see I'm recessing the heaters. It's more work but worth it I think.,
Coming together.
So as I said recessed heaters. Also being uptight I'm adding an additional heat shield behind the heaters and kind of polished them up. I want to keep the heat in the oven. The studs here are just to space the shield away from the back panel.
To be continued.
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