[TheForge] Hot box

[Dave Brown]

I need/want to make a hot box or oven capable of around 500-600 
degrees.  How would you go about a project like this?  I'm assuming that 
you could install one or more electric oven heater elements.  But, would 
heat lamps work, since it's the piece that needs to get to that temperature 
more than the air and the walls?

This would be for powder coating.  Would a soft flame propane burner (such 
as is used in a barbecue grill) under a diffuser plate work, or would the 
H2O by product of the flame present a problem in curing the powder coat?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG