Powder Coating Robot Parts at home

Powder coated these for a friend's son's robotic competition entry. I'm using powder from Columbia Coating, the gun is from Harbor Freight. The oven is a home brewed afair built from galvanized roofing material, R14 insulation, and three old oven heating elements..

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• James
• Lerch
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[wasanoix]

what temperature the oven needs to reach?, i purchase a kit except for the oven , but im thinking of building one =D

[JlerchTampa]

@wasanoix 200C (400F) 'ish' depends on the material. So far so good.

[unit666industries]

hows that gun working out? any problems

[JlerchTampa]

@unit666industries Its ok, if I did it for a living I'd want a better one.. But it gets the job done...

[guardsman322]

Jlerch, I'm interested in the oven elements. Can you run on 120V 20amp circuit or are they only for 220.

[JlerchTampa]

@guardsman322 You'd need 220, I think each element is 1500 watts for a total of 4500 watts. @ 120v you'd need 37.5amps, which is too much for a normal 110v outlet.

The elements are just old kitchen stove elements I robbed from a junk pile..

[redwhiteblue91]

@jmn1993 Must be past your bedtime sweet cheeks.

[chechnya]

@jmn1993 How mature. 

[jmn1993]

Your shit... i can coat 10 times better than you with ma eyes closed.. Look out 4 ma vids.. ill school you on powder coating!!! motherfucker

[unit666industries]

@guardsman322 i got a 120 oven at harborfreight, it works  for powder coat. if you want more details let me know

[koldfire08]

Any possible write up on the oven? I was thinking of making out instead of a conventional house oven due to the fact that i'm doing this for wheels and the fitment will become an issue.

Any help is appreciated.

[wasanoix]

@JlerchTampa in gona try to do some aluminium parts from mi bike , like pegs an foot guards! thanks 4 the tips !!!

[unit666industries]

@JlerchTampa im doing some powdering on my motorcycle, but i ran into a problem with the oven, my place has 110/120 outlets , oven its 220/240. how did you set yours up? do i have to build mine up?