I have finally completed my spray booth! I am excited to have this done, both so I can use it and so I can move on to scenery on my layout. To keep it from being prepetually almost done I stayed on the project as I found time rather then move forward with other things.
The inside has been painted white to seal it. I have little expecation that it will stay white. I will either repaint it or cover it in poster board as required.
I made a small table for it out of scraps left over from various projects. I even used recycled screws.
The fan was mounted by creating a wood spacer that was screwed into holes in the blower. For anyone who gets the same Dayton 1TDR3 blower, it took metric M6 machine screws. I countersunk wholes so they would be flush, then bolted that assembly to the back of the booth using 1/4" carriage bolts. The idea was to make it easy to remove. It also provided a spacer for the flange on the exhaust. If I did it over, I would make this much larger to facilitate mounting. By the way.. I apologize for the jump in the pictures. I had some nice ones showing the mounting but they got deleted in a moment of foolishness.
Below left you can see the 1" 16x20 furnace filter in its slot and how the motor looks from the business end of the booth.
Rather then shell out $10 for an adapter, I bought a $3 duct "starter" and sandwiched it between two pieces of 1/4" plywood scrap. I clamped and glued to hold them together then used some left over latex caulk to seal it. This was then mounted to the blower using 1/4" hex bolts. Were I to do it over, I would mount this BEFORE putting the blower on!!
I ran a duct using "semi rigid" 4" pipe through an adustable 4" elbow and out a dryer vent mounted rather unceremoniously in the window. I will be insulating that down the line. Its all jury rigged, I plan to replace the table I have now in the spring when I frame the wall its against. That will let me cantilever a work bench, put the blower under the window, and also support St Johnsbury yard! At that time I will put in a more permenant rigid pipe which will give better performance.
This shot shows my finished product, the shoddy ductwork (yes, thats clothes line holding my duct), and the two switch electrical box I put in. One switch turns on the shop light that shines down through the plexiglass, the other turns the motor on and off. Its wired into a plug that can be unplugged as required. The whole thing is portable. I wired the light in by clipping the plug off a shop light and wiring it right in. I will replace the plexiglass in the near future with more easily cleaned glass. This light turned out really well. It is VERY bright.. there is almost no shadow in side the box. The suction seems to keep the walls from getting painted.
My craftsman 2 gallon compressor is underneath. At some point I will make a hanger for my air brush. For now I am making do with the thing I have clamped on to the side.
Someone wrote to me and asked me what light I am using. I am using THIS with all the junk pulled off of it. Its big enough to take a 100 watt CFL and still stay flush on the top of the glass. I have a 6500K lamp installed. This is the same as the 20 watt lamps I have installed on my layout. What I see painted is what I will see on the layout.. warped walls and all! Yeah, I tried it out. It worked great.. but the result on my laser kit wasn't pretty. I have a lot of learning to do..
Regards,
Chris
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