Hey everybody been reading these forums for a couple weeks and this is my 1st post, There is a ton of great info here and thought I’d share my build with everybody as well.

My main reason for getting into to powdercoating was to coat stuff for my quads and other toys as I race motocross and the stock paint just doesnt hold up well. After already doing the dirt work of sandblasting and people wanting 200+ dollars to coat my frame I figured for what it was worth I’d just build an oven myself. So far I estimate this oven to cost me <$500 which if I do a few side jobs should pay for itself in no time.

The sheet metal I found at a local scrap yard that sells good used stuff they get in, this stuff was basically brand new looking 20 ga galvanized sheet 53"x67" so I based most the panels that size to reduce cutting of the sheet, even though I have a plasma cutter, just wanted to build this with little effort needed. 12 sheets costed me about 90 bucks

The studs actually costed more at about 102

Elements I bought off ebay 4 3400 watt ones for around 88 shipped
PID was 55
contactor 28
rockwool insulation – free, by just peer chance I was looking on craigslist and found a guy tearing some out of a commercial building for free, took it all filled my truck 8ft truck bed to the top of the cab!
Still have to buy wiring and terminal blocks, stuff like that

I plan to build the bottom piece of the oven out of some aluminum square stock I have around from old semi load locks

Elements I thought of mounting vertically in floor so I could easily keep on the wiring to the base section and not have to use high temp wire.

Window was out of a toaster oven so I can open it to take part temps

Pics coming