Gentlemen (and or Ladies),
I am in the market for a standard sized, nuthin fancy, everyday spraybooth under $200.00. Does any such animal exist?

Not including Shipping I have seen them On Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28111&item=8104227511&rd=1

I'm working on a feature on how to make your own

- large tupperware plastic container $6
- old computer fan $0
- AC power adapter $15
- switch - $2
- solder and tape $1
- dry hose $?? mine was laying around
- duct tape - $1
- Time!

If you want details I can share what I have to this point.

Scott- I would love to have the details you have so far....thanks in advance

a friend of mine and myself are looking at making a spray booth using scrap lumber and an oven/stove exhaust fan. We can get the fan from a local electrical shop for about $30. I have quite a bit of scrap lumber from a barn I just built, or you could get a sheet of plywood for pretty cheap. Plus a dryer hose and connections for such. Can't be more than $40 for the lot.

Booth would basically be bottom, top, sides, with exhaust fan as the back wall. Oce built would be set in front of a window. The dryer hose would run from fan to an outlet built into a piece of wood the width of the window and a littel taller then the height of the dryer hose connector.

To use, open window, place exhaust outlet assembly into window, close window on wood for stability, turn on exhaust hood and start spraying !

I can see the whole thing in my mind, kind of hard to describe acurrately in words. Hope this helps some !

Okay here goes quick and dirty - First thing - SAFETY - your dealing with electricity - don't goof. Make sure your fan power requirements match the supply requirements.

Step 1 - the container - waly world, cheap.

Step 2 - the fan - from an old computer - check out any PC fixit shop - if not free, dirt cheap.

Step 4 - Electrical connects - Test CAREFULLY. Solder and tape these guys. I had an old power supply from a walkman device and I cut the end off it and used it. You can also buy them at your handy dandy Radio Shack. The switch is a toggle switch from Lowes $2.

Step 5 - The opening - I cut mine out with a jig saw and regular drill. Trimmed it with an exacto.

Step 6 - Mounting - screwed it together


Whats left to do -
Step 7 - take a dryer sheet and tape it to the inside of the opening to act as a filter (other materials would work too, old panyhose, old rag etc). I was going to use duct tape. You could also fasten it between the fan and the container.
Step 8 - Tape the dry duct over the entire fan assembly and route away (outside) from your work area. $2 - 5

There are a number of add ons I'm onsidering. Drill four holes in the bottom outside corners. Take a doweling and thread it through two holes. I have a 2" wide 30' long roll of paper. Route this paper under the dowel so the container is spared all the overspray. Second idea here is to have a dowel at the bottom and a long thin 'slice' opening on what would the be top back edge. Have the paper cover the bottom work surface, go under the dowel then up the back and out the slit, leaving the top open for light.
I am considering hinging what will be the top wall so that (if needby) I can open it and have more light and access.

i made mine from a scrap plywood. from my father in law workworking scrap...
i bought an 8 inches fan...construct it my self....the only thing i bought is the fan (US $10)

here the photo of my spraybooth

that's the original setup..after while, i find that the suction power is not that good, so i remove the fan, and removed the fan frame....install it from the back of the box...sorry i have no picture of the new setup...
then i connect it with a home made hose made from plastic bag (the long and narrow type )..i cut the other end and glue it to the fan....

cheers

The thing to remember (when using Solvent based paints) is that the fan MUST BE A BALL BEARING TYPE MOTOR.... not an regular fan type. the produce Sparks that could cause an explosion!!!!!

slodder, you must have read my mind, old computer fan? that was my idea!! haha and i also use duct tape...for basically everything, slodder, you didnt happen to find plans laying around my house for building a spraybooth did ya :-) hahaha,

Mech-Maniac
sssssshhhhh - you know that noise you heard the other night, yea, that one! The one that sounded like a shin being mashed against the hard edge of a coffee table. Yea, that was me, I forgot to take my night vision goggles with me, but hey, I had a mission to accomplish.




Seriously, send me your ideas or photos I can make the feature a dual feature, the more the marrier. I can present my ideas and your ideas and then the reader can make thier decision based on their own situation.

Does a Computer Fan have a high enough CFM rating?

CFM rating - that all depends on which one you use. Beauty of the custom made deal - you can always add more if its not enough.

Ive heard somewhere of a guy lining the sides of his booth with pegboard
then making the base or bottom loose.
He would put dowels cuttings in the sidewalls (pegboard holes) and angle the base so he could get a shot at the model.
the dowels held the board that represented the base at an angle that facilitated the shot he wanted.

You may want to think about this or similar in your homebrew designs
On the computer fan, Id ensure that theyre sparkless...

Guys, I broke down and built a outdoor spray platform the other day. Since I haven't started using an airbrush yet, I figured I am not in any hurry for a full-fledged powered spraybooth.
It took me about an hour to cut some 1"x1" framing and some panels of leftover dry erase board and some pegboard, slapped it all together and VOILA.
Thanks for the imput guys Cuhail