Lets do a little powder coating

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Cool link Sleepy.I dig that trolly for the oven.I'm gonna build my own.I have 4 bikes in line to build, so that will
More than offset the cost of building an oven.
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This just gets better :banana-dance: lovin that oven....... :clap:

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im likeing that oven just wondering how fast my power meter would spin with that baby hooked up :think:
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Big enough to do a frame, 4 elements, FREAKY Fast!!!! :animals-dogrun:
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:popcorn: :lol:
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WWW.eastwoodcompany.com sells a kit for that purpose ! :obscene-drinkingcheers:
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Jeff L wrote:
budoka wrote: just out of curiosity, where do you get the powder and other supplies?

-dan
my gun & the powder I used for this was bought through Caswellplating.com.Thier forums have all kinds of info about pc & oven building.Definately worth a look.I also get some powder through Columbia coatings.
Let me add another site that I remembered from a past forum discussion on the topic. http://www.powderbuythepound.com/

Thanks for the tip about Columbia Coatings http://www.columbiacoatings.com/ gottem bookmarked now.
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Damn good post, I've been running ideas thru my mind about how to build one of these.

Todd Achten built one a few years ago, did some coating for LAMF (Gary).
I think he used elements from kitchen ovens also.
Different enclosure tho.
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Another good link for Maz and all the rest European fellas:

http://www.electrostaticmagic.co.uk/

I've bought my gun and some powder from them, seems good enough...
In the US you can find a really cheap gun at Harbor Freight also.

Oh and I'll post some pictures of my home-built propane oven, as soon as I get a chance to test it.. ;)
It's not completed yet (still have to mount a fan on the ceiling) but I will try it first, just to see if it works... :think:
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What made you decide on propane?Have you seen one run before?Ireally want to check this out.
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Big industrial ovens are all gas powered, otherwise it would be very expensive to feed with elettricity..
Mine is something like this, olny horizontal (dont' have any pictures yet..):

http://www.powdercoatingforum.net/showt ... oven-build
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Hello new here I thought I would add that my oven is 4x4x8 12.000 watts , The average cost per 8 hr day is .85.
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Wow...that's cheap.I plan on buildng an Oven.Had visions of my Meter spinning like the Griswalds in Christmas Vacation....
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