I looked at the Eastwood offerings, and others. They sure want a lot of money for an insulated steel box!
It CAN'T be that difficult to build one.
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So I ordered the 12,000 Watt 240VAC (50A) oven controller from Amazon. The DE-LUX model with the fan controller and light controller. I also got the door seal, the blower fans and the heating elements.
I'm going to find (or make) 6" steel studs and set it up for a roll-in situation, where a rack can be rolled in on the concrete floor. I also have to build a powder coat spray booth, but how difficult could THAT be, really? A three-sided booth that sucks air
and powder through a wall of filters?
Eastwood wanted well over $10,000.00 for the setup, and close to $11,000.00 delivered. I am into this for a little over a grand so far, and I already have the sheet metal I need to line it. I still need to find the mineral wool insulation, build a spray and bake rack on wheels, and figure out how to set up the baffles for the air circulation, and to build the four 3,000 watt heating elements into the walls. Fortunately I have a good friend with his own HVAC business. so I can design the baffles and even cut them on the 510 table, and have his guys bend and spot weld them together for me.
I know it sounds a bit over the top, but I have this whole pallet of 14 ga. 4x10 stainless steel.
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I haven't bought steel in a while, and I know the price is through the roof. Maybe I can default to the bumpy aluminum stuff they use on walk-in coolers, or ??
I might build this so it is outside of my shop. That will require a little more thought put into rain protection and so forth, but I don't know why it would NEED to be inside. My FrankenBarn has 400 AMP service, so I guess I could put it in there near the power panel.
Maybe I should build a separate tin building with the oven at one end, and the booth at the other end? Sheesh. Then I would need another concrete pad.
Advice and suggestions are welcomed. I will ask a lot of questions before I start cutting up metal studs. I even thought about building this on a trailer, so it is a self-contained and PORTABLE unit. I'd just need a long, heavy extension cord and an assortment of power adapters for the various receptacles. So many options.
Still waiting for the glide rails to move forward on the pipe cutter, so I am jumping into this project too.
I will post photos etc. when the project begins. I sure wish I could find a local and CAPABLE friend to help me. My buddy Dave had a massive stroke on New Year's Eve, so now he is no longer capable of this work. His girlfriend told me he was smoking TWO CARTONS a week! How many cigarettes are in a carton? I guess it was only a matter of time.
Joe
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