Well boy's finally got gumption to try powder coating.I bought the Eastwood system a year ago and just haven't had much time to get to it. So I built a winch mount for my four wheeler and it's the guinea pig! So if this works out well I'm gonna powder coat every damn piece I can,I'm damn sick of over spray, lousy paint, runs and so on.My kid's have had a wish list for the entire year I've had the thing, so buy me a sandblaster and I will do it(cheap little bass turds won't so I had to).I will post pictures when's it's done.Wish me luck!!!

 

Good luck, waiting on pictures!

 

What are you using for an oven? I used to use a toaster oven and did a lot of small parts. I'm going to get a Char-broil smoker and use that next. It's 110 and gets up to 400 degrees so it should work fine. You can also find a cheap or even free stove on CL. I dont have the room in the shop or I would go that route.

 

I actually built an oven,took 2 household oven's built a large case and put all the pieces in it to make one large oven It stands about 5' tall and inside is about 24'' to 30'' wide.I will send pics of it also.

 

Can you use either gas or electric?

 

I work for a gas utility and I know some commercial powder coating ovens run on gas, but I don't know too many specifics as I only work on residential customer equipment. Unless they are using some kind of infrared heat in the commercial powder coating ovens, I would assume a regular gas oven would work.

 

From what I'm told you can not use gas ,and yes they do use infra-red. Well it's in the oven as we speak,but I accidentally hit the door when I was putting it in the oven and knocked some powder off but oh well I can always re-powder it and bake it again. One problem is one of my burners isn't working so It's taking some time to get up to temp. I will take pics and post them when done

 

Well it's cooling off now,Doesn't look bad but I can't see it all yet.So here are the pictures

Well that's one,my phone or my computer is being a piece of shi& and won't let me upload any more but I will do it when I get in the house

 

Dang that is cool. Another thing against gas is the temperature varies quite a bit through the cooking whereas electric is more uniform. That is why high end stove oven combos are dual fuel (gas range with electric oven).

 

well had to go into the house cuz my computer outside wouldn't let my Iphone do more than one,so here is the oven and before baking and after they are not in order.All in all I think it turned out very well,I will have to build me a booth because that damn powder goes everywhere and get a better pressure regulator.The damn regulator wouldn't hold it's pressure if I got it to 8lbs it would work for a second or two then drop off to nothing or if I went to 10 it would then be up about 20lbs and your not supposed to be above 10. In spots I have a little dust but I think that was from the pressure differences,going from nothing to way to much and blowing crap everywhere.But for the first run at it I'm very happy with the results, I will get the bugs worked out and soldier on. I think over the years this will be well worth the investment. Thanks guy's

 

In the picture where it's sitting on the wiring diagrams the weld on the left was a little light on powder so it either came off when I bumped the thing putting it in the oven or I didn't get enough powder on it, so I will respray that part and bake again!

 

Very cool.

Can you share a few more details on the oven build? Materials used to make the box, tips tricks, challenges you encountered? Control / thermostat?

 

Well Magoo I am very poor a taking pictures of projects I get so involved with what I'm doing I just don't think about it,But I can explain.So the frame was built out of metal 2x4's after figuring out the size I wanted I just built the frame to those spec's all riveted (if you don't have an air rivet gun BUY one!) or you will have Popeye forearms when done. Don't do what I did and make it an odd size It will cost more in wasted sheet metal later like plywood tin also comes in 4x8 and 4x12 sheets. I bought 2 used oven's gutted them used all the components that I needed or wanted from them,wiring if long enough(it's high temp),switches,controls,burners, thermastats and wiring diagrams this is very important so you know how it all goes back together,these can usually be found under one of the covers on the range.Figure out where you want your burner's to be and put it together . That being said I think If I were to do it again the burner's would be top and bottom, I had trouble getting even temps the way it is and had to add the convection fan you see inside. I think the burner's in top and bottom would heat more evenly and then put some heavy expanded metal over them so you can set stuff on the bottom ie wheels and so you have a place to hang them from the top.I used rivets instead of screws simply because they are flatter and wouldn't cause problems with the sheet metal fitting and screws on the outside (my wife didn't like my Popeye arms) You really are only limited by you imagination and budget! The cost for the cabinet was around 1100.00 thats everything ovens having the metal bent and sheared ( I think mostly because of the odd size so paid for a full sheet and got scraps back) the powder coating kit is 163.00 for the one I bought from Eastwood

 

Redid it today to cover that weld that didn't take turned out awesome! and figured out why my one burner wasn't working,apparently I have old timers disease and couldn't remember how to turn it on.So no more paint for me this is amazing!