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unfy:
Grabbed some mineral wool from Menards - $20 for 15"x47"x3.5"x5.  Also picked up one of their fifth burner / stand alone electric hot plate thing.  It looks to be all metal which is interesting.

Been thinking about a shell and haven't really come up with much.

Metal siding at $15 for 8 feet by 30 some inches aint too bad.  Sadly, it aint a flat sheet.

I imagine an old washer or dryer would be an acceptable shell.  Of course, this doesn't address the inside walls.

Of course, being what it is - Take an kind of outside shell (washing machine or the metal siding) ... and for an inside shell - just use chicken wire and perhaps metal window screen.  It's not like the inside wall has to be astounding - all it's doing is holding back the insulation.

Hmmmm.  Seems like a cheap possibility.  Although I need to finalize my dimensions again.


 

Mudinyeri:
You might try to locate an oven from an RV. 

unfy:
An RV oven aint a bad idea.

There's a junk yard kinda near me I'll have to pay it a visit eventually.

Went to a thrift store today to just take a stab at finding some pewter, think I found some.  Will find out more later (this doesn't react to a magnet at least).  Also grabbed another toaster oven to either play with or to use as is or to destroy heh.

FarmerRick:
How hot do you need this oven to get?  250*?  400*?  600*?



How many cubic foot capacity are you looking for?


I have an idea bouncing around in my head...   :laugh:

unfy:

--- Quote from: FarmerRick on January 28, 2014, 07:12:57 PM ---How hot do you need this oven to get?  250*?  400*?  600*?

How many cubic foot capacity are you looking for?

I have an idea bouncing around in my head...   :laugh:

--- End quote ---

How hot ? 400f.

Size ? It's a matter of being able to relatively easily move it around (on wheels or not).  But big enough to be 'useful'.  My current plan was something like 30x24x30. I can go bigger or smaller or whatever, it all depends on cost of shell or inner walls etc.

Inner walls - i like the chicken wire & metal window screen idea.


I'll be chopping up the $5 toaster oven i picked up today.  It'll become parts for aluminum melting stuff.  It has some high temp hook up wire in it, and the elements .... well... I dunno if I'll try to make something or not.

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