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  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    As far as calibration on the thermometer is concerned.--I put the thermometer in my wife's kitchen oven and set the oven for 400...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    WOWZA!!!---It doesn't get much better than this. This is the flywheel that I just powder painted and baked in the Eastwood oven. This is...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    I just ran out to see what's happening in my Eastwood oven, and the powder paint is flowing out beautifully. In fifteen more minutes I...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    Today I absolutely HAD to try this out. Eastwood tells me they are sending me a new oven, no charge, but not until the end of November...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    If my voltage supply was low enough to present problems with my oven, then all the other electrical things in my house would be acting...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    I spoke to Eastwood again today regarding the new oven they are sending me. Found out that the ovens are back ordered and won't be in...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    It's been an exciting, rewarding, and expensive August and September. For less than $800 I have a dedicated powder paint booth with fan...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    Okay---New News!! I have spoken with the rep at Eastwood, tried a couple of things he suggested, and oven still won't go above 355...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    Maybe rock and roll will be postponed for a bit. I can not get the bake oven from Eastwood up to 400 degrees F. I have followed all the...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    And here we are---ready to ROCK AND ROLL!!!! The flywheel has been wiped down with acetone. I added a 1/8" aluminum plate to the bottom...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    And yes boys and girls---Even the old and the lame can build a fixture to hold flywheels for powder painting. Nothing has been cleaned...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    dsage---read my whole post. I cover the issue of masking one end of the exposed shaft in my previous post. I would hang the flywheel...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Sandblaster!!!.
    I am very happy with my sandblaster. One thing that I may change sometime in the future is the angled cone in the bottom. On this...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    Items painted with powder paint should be painted "everywhere" in one go. There may be a way to powder paint and bake one side, then...
  • Brian Rupnow
    Brian Rupnow replied to the thread Powder painting a flywheel.
    Right at the moment I have no plans for powder coating cast material. However, powder painting is so new to me that anything is...
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