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unfy:
.... to avoid detracting from the ammunition speak in the other thread...

So.  Toaster Oven is tiny.  Gets 50-100 bullets at a time for the really small thing I've got.

Obviously, we want to do more at once!  ... and .... being able to just powder coat other large objects as well would be handy.

110v, something we can put on wheels is in order.  Buying one, stupid expensive.

I want something that's backyard friendly.  Hobby grade stuff, not professional.  Let the pros have their neat toys, I want something *I* can use!


http://www.profabnet.net/showthread.php?40-110v-powder-coat-oven

110v powder coat oven

A FYI for everyone, I got so sick of using an toaster oven because of being limited to items of being 12"X13" only So I built my own, it cost me just under a hundred bucks.
My materials were 1 1/2 sheets of 20G sheet($41.36) Brinkman 1500W smoker element off eBay for 20 bucks. One package of24"x48"x 4" rock wool insulation caught on sale for 30 bucks, and got the light switch and socket, door seals,terminal block, and temp controls out of a junk ovens(free) used a digital thermometer to check the setting to be sure, Oven get to 457 degrees in about 45 minute, which I figure is not bad since it is almost 3 cubic feet inside My oven inside is 19"wide 19" deep and 39" tall , outside is 24"x28"48"


There are pics, but ya gotta register for their forum and all that.  meh... not in the mood and I imagine it's not necessary.

So.... we've got some sheet metal, rock wool insulation, light switch, socket, terminal block ... all easy enough from hardware store.


--- Quote ---Brinkman 1500W smoker element
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... hmmmmm ...


--- Quote ---temp controls out of a junk ovens
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... hmmmm ....

Okay.  So we need a heating element and temperature control stuff that is preferably set and forget (auto).  I don't have any complaints with manually turning an element on / off by hand to regulate temperature, but something that's automated just seems safer (less accident prone).  "Off an old junk oven" doesn't really seem to be something that "anyone can do"...

Thoughts on a 1-1.5kw heating element ?

Thoughts on temperature controls ?

unfy:
Looks like a box with maybe one or two cheapy hot plates might work.... and a $5 dial oven thermometer to monitor stuff heh.

unfy:
Did some pricing.

Rock / Mineral wool insulation.  Good to 2000F, 4x24x48 'sheets', covers 40 sqft (5 sheets?) - $45.

Outdoors steel / sheet metal siding that's ^---^--^--^ ridged shaped or whatever.... 96" x 38" 29ga 19.50

A 24x24x36 4 pack of duct work sheet metal $56.

Still drywall studs or tracks range from 1 5/8" to 3 5/8" and cost from $3-$6 each.

24x48 26ga sheet metal in welding area: $26

Angle iron / things / etc range from $6 to $25.

A single burner 1000w 110v '5th burner' is $15 (menards).

unfy:
Seeing as how coming up with a decent price on metal is difficult... at least in the cheap bastard that I am ... gonna toy with the thought of a wood and other materials build.

ODF panels or anything else based on glue is off limits - they can ignite at 400F.

Gonna try out a cheap 1x4's in the toaster oven to see what it does at 400-450F.  If it fails, it'll be on trying some birch wood or birch plywood to see what it does.  Not too keen on the plywood as it has glue in it.

We use Foamular insulation sheets here at work for prototyping design builds and stuff... I've got a small square of it I'll throw into the oven as well (both directly on a pan and also lifted off of the pan for a bit. Foamular is cheap.

Gypsum, Cement, and several other non-wood boards don't burn, so they have possibilities as an internal liner as well.  And they're cheap.

White styrofoam (expanded polystyrene) has a melting point of 450F or so.... so it's on the off limits side of things.  Kinda sad - it's cheap heh.

unfy:
I've priced this out again, and I hit $110 or so before getting into electronics and still missing a thing or two. (exterior of 24x24x36).

If ya build it to say 36x36x48, you get 3 times the internal volume - but only add another 20-30% to the costs (not including electronics).

I am so not happy about the cost of this.  There's gotta be a way to bring it down substantially while remaining rebuildable-by-others.

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