Kevin
Living the dream.
Looks good to me Kevin. Are you sure you're not an engineer?
Some of the stuff you come up with never ceases to amaze me.
TF
Great job Kevin! That looks like a lot of work, but I bet it will last a long time. With the amount of cars you turn out, that thing is definitly worth building.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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Kevin, that thing will survive an atomic bomb!!
I'm not being critical! Your work is very solid!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critter...By the way, for those of you who would caution me about the risks of paint fumes igniting because the motor is exposed, I would say that your concerns are unwarranted. First, I use mostly acrylics. Secondly, even if I were using solvent based paints, the amount of solvent in the air would never get to the point of ignition. I think that theory is an example of a modern urban myth.
I agree, Dave. My homemade spray booth has been in use for almost 40 years, with lots of lacquer-based paints, especially when I was painting for a nearby LHS. I still have a lot of those types of paints still in use, and, like you, use simple fibreglass furnace filters.The exhaust fan is from an old air hockey game, and while there's some paint build-up on the blades, not enough to require cleaning. The motor sits directly above the blades, in the stream of exhaust air. I've never been concerned because the fan is always turned on before painting begins, so there's never an accumulation of fumes for any spark to ignite. Mine uses half of a standard-size furnace filter, and I change it only when the air flow begins to be noticeably impeded.
Kevin, it looks like you're doing a very thorough job on your new spray booth, but I think that your multiple filters may be overkill. The first one will stop any paint particles, but will likely clog quite quickly, while the other two will merely become redundant, as the fumes do not require filtering - they're nothing but smelly air, and the filters will not likely remove the smell.
Kudos to you, though, for building your own.
Wayne
Hi Kevin,
Interesting project! I look forward to seeing it in action.
By the way, the paint build up on the old fan is amazing! You are obviously a prolific painter. I hope that your dual filter system will prevent the same thing from occuring again.
I use standard furnace filters in my home made spray booth. They clog up pretty quickly, but so far there has been almost no paint buildup on the fan blades themselves.
By the way, for those of you who would caution me about the risks of paint fumes igniting because the motor is exposed, I would say that your concerns are unwarranted. First, I use mostly acrylics. Secondly, even if I were using solvent based paints, the amount of solvent in the air would never get to the point of ignition. I think that theory is an example of a modern urban myth.