Oven I made at work

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Oven I made at work

by fingerman » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:57 pm

We used to paint the equipment we make until I started testing powder coating at our shop. We had a regular size oven until recently when I made a new oven. This is the powder coating oven I made from 2 ovens. I got both ovens for free, someone threw away one oven and the other I removed from a friend's apartment complex after they got a new one. I took them totally apart and then cut into the sides and made one large inner shell by welding 16 gauge plates in between. I reused the insulation in both ovens and put extra insulation in the tops and in the door. For the door I used one large sheet of 12 gauge steel and welded 1 inch square tube together to make a frame and 20 gauge galvanized riveted to the outside to make it lighter. I used one set of controls and moved the broiler element to the right side bottom. In a regular oven only the bottom element is used to cook unless you have a preheat or broil function in which case it will use both elements. I have used this oven 4 times now since I made it to powder coat some very large things, it works great. There is now 50" of clearance so I can use it to paint 4' long items. At the bottom of the oven is a cart I made which allows me to roll it around and it is high enough so you don't have to bend down when putting things in it.

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Re: Oven I made at work

by Maringue » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:03 pm

You can now charge hipsters a solid chunk of change to powder coat bike parts and frames.
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Re: Oven I made at work

by Failhorse » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:14 pm

For whatever reason I can't picture a ton of hipsters in Nebraska.
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Re: Oven I made at work

by fingerman » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:10 pm

Failhorse wrote:For whatever reason I can't picture a ton of hipsters in Nebraska.


We ran them out of town years ago.
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Re: Oven I made at work

by Failhorse » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:25 pm

I forgot to mention. Whoever taught you to weld needs to be shot. No wonder the Titanic sunk :lol:
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Re: Oven I made at work

by Prof_Schwartz » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:49 pm

nicely done. no way in hell could i have done that.

But wait.....this is your job? what do you do??
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Re: Oven I made at work

by fingerman » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:54 pm

Failhorse wrote:I forgot to mention. Whoever taught you to weld needs to be shot. No wonder the Titanic sunk :lol:



The inside oven parts are coated in something like porcelain which I tried to grind off, but the metal is really thin and hard to weld, so I did the best I could. It works either way.
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Re: Oven I made at work

by Guy » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:19 pm

Where the hell is my teleporter? >:|
Stop horsin' around and get wackin' engie!
What do you mean syringes don't go there? I am the doctor here... they go where I say they go.
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Re: Oven I made at work

by doppelganger » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:47 pm

Pretty neat, I wish I had skills to fabricate things. Your garage looks like what I imagine the Engineer's would look like too.
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