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I hadn't thought about a part falling in the oven, that's a good point. Whether or not it would reach an explosive mixture or not would be a hard question to answer. at this point I think I will put this oven on hold, maybe sell it on for a profit or keep it to cook with.
The video, to me, is of questionable value as to the oven question because as you said it wouldn't have the powder shot into it, It's more to the point of keeping the powder cleaned up and away from ignition sources, which the oven is one. The same thing can be done with powdered sugar and bakers use gas ovens all the time. Any organic powder can cause the same reaction.
Thanks for the link C-Bag, maybe I can convert it to electric.
Powdered sugar explosion
Thanks bpimm. There are so many folks on the net doing stuff that until you get into it a bit you don't get immediately how silly or crazy dangerous it is. When I first started in thinking about doing powdercoat myself I looked and read everything I could find. One vid was this guy just spraying a cloud of powdercoat, no mask, no booth, just a cloud you could barely see him through. On one plane I thought anybody could do this. But then I got there's DIY and just stupid.
I do everything, welding, machining, powdercoating and metal working out of the same two car garage. So when I do powdercoat I roll my oven outside the main door for the fumes and smoke. But also to preheat my pieces out in the sun on top of the oven. So because the Magic Chef oven I use is electric it's easy to move and I have an extension cord on it for 220v. I keep my little DIY powdercoat booth in the middle of the garage out of the sun and hooked up to my shop vac to contain the dust. This keeps the powdercoat from polluting the garage and messing with the other machinery.
I've gotten some crazy deals from school sales too. Not machinery, but office tables etc that I made into work stands for my powdercoat oven, assembly table, my sandblaster cabinet etc. You got some great deals and I hope you get the details worked out to your advantage.