[TheForge] DIY Electrostatic paint gun

[Mike Linn]

I dont know of any plans but most of the ones Ive seen operated in the 10kv 
range.



At 10:54 PM 9/30/2004, you wrote:
>Has anyone ever made or seen plans on the net on how to setup your own
>electrostatic paint system? Ive looked into whats available here and its
>quite expensive, I know little about it but its a high voltage/low amps
>setup which puts a strong electromagnetic field infront of the nozzle of the
>spraygun, the item to be painted is negatively charged and the positively
>charged paint jumps onto it just like powder coating. Seems to me the "black
>box" etc wouldnt be hard to build yourself. Maybe theres more complexity
>than I understand in the system? Anyone got a lead for me, Ive done a bit of
>googling without much success...
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