[TheForge] Hot box

[GHS]

I'm told that is about what my oven gets
to when set to "clean". It would seem
that monitoring the "air and walls "
might be easier than monitoring the
surface temp of the item. Discarded
ovens are a dime a dozen.

Mike Graf

Dave Brown wrote:
> 
> 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
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