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Here is a message I copied and saved from the year 2000, and it was from Fr=
ed Thomas, a true gentleman. I bought the Harbor Freight unit he suggested=
, still have it, and we have powder coated many, many parts with it. I was=
trying to teach my teenage son that there isn't much you can't learn and f=
igure out with a little curiosity and getting past the fear of admitting th=
at you 'don't know it all', so I mailed Fred personally and he sent me a ma=
nila envelope full of instructions and pictures to get us started. I used =
that goodwill gesture to show my son, now grown and gone, the caliber of pe=
ople in the world ready and willing to help others, even virtual strangers.=
He is now in a profession helping others.
As another lister suggested, get an old electric oven and cure your parts i=
n there. I even made an insulated extension that fit over the door, in ope=
ned position, to the oven, which effectively doubled the depth allowing me =
to PC longer parts; valve covers and such. The powdered parts don't really=
care about thermal uniformity, as long as the parts get hot enough for lon=
g enough it will flow. I think 375F for about 20 minutes in a pre heated o=
ven usually did the trick unless the parts have a big mass, then just exten=
d. Below is Fred's message. May he rest in peace, and may we remember the=
goodwill he exemplified.
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:17:45 -0500
From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
Subject: powder-coat
Listers, anyone thinking of doing P/C and have not purchased a kit yet, you
should check out the kit from Harbour-Freight (99.00), much more sturdier
and heavier built than Eastwoods, several added features the other kit does
not have, such as, foot feed instead of a handle held electric charge to th=
e
coated part, this leaves you with a free hand, 2 seperate air control vavle=
s
for more even air flow, gravity feed over head cup container, instead of ai=
r
pushing the powder out, and a much heavier transformer supply box, nice
unit, I received mine today, try it tomorrow. If you have any interest, you
can check it out on their web page item # 42802 @ www.harbourfreight.com
"FT"
Ed Fisher
Dallas, Tx
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Here is a message I copied and saved from the year 2=
000, and it was from Fred Thomas, a true gentleman. I bought the Harb=
or Freight unit he suggested, still have it, and we have powder coated many=
, many parts with it. I was trying to
teach my teenage son that there isn’t much you can’t learn and=
figure out with a little curiosity and getting past the fear of admitting =
that you ‘don’t know it all’, so I mailed Fred personally=
and he sent me a manila envelope full of instructions and pictures
to get us started. I used that goodwill gesture to show my son, now =
grown and gone, the caliber of people in the world ready and willing to hel=
p others, even virtual strangers. He is now in a profession helping o=
thers.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">As another lister suggested, get an old electric ove=
n and cure your parts in there. I even made an insulated extension th=
at fit over the door, in opened position, to the oven, which effectively do=
ubled the depth allowing me to PC longer
parts; valve covers and such. The powdered parts don’t really =
care about thermal uniformity, as long as the parts get hot enough for long=
enough it will flow. I think 375F for about 20 minutes in a pre heat=
ed oven usually did the trick unless the parts have
a big mass, then just extend. Below is Fred’s message. M=
ay he rest in peace, and may we remember the goodwill he exemplified.<o:p><=
/o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:17:45 -0500<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com&g=
t;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Subject: powder-coat<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Listers, anyone thinking of doing P/C and have not p=
urchased a kit yet, you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">should check out the kit from Harbour-Freight (99.00=
), much more sturdier<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">and heavier built than Eastwoods, several added feat=
ures the other kit does<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">not have, such as, foot feed instead of a handle hel=
d electric charge to the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">coated part, this leaves you with a free hand, 2 sep=
erate air control vavles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">for more even air flow, gravity feed over head cup c=
ontainer, instead of air<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">pushing the powder out, and a much heavier transform=
er supply box, nice<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">unit, I received mine today, try it tomorrow. If you=
have any interest, you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">can check it out on their web page item # 4280=
2 @ www.harbourfreight.com<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">"FT"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Ed Fisher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Dallas, Tx<o:p></o:p></p>
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