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Have been doing some workshop upgrades. There is a corner that has not been used too well. One reason is that there is a sliding door to the outside, that has 9.5 foot wide steps, and the top "deck" is sorta short to get good use of. So, one project was to add an extended deck on the left side, 5.5 feet wide, strong enough to walk on. So, the extra space allows adding some more shelving units and to store some pads and launch equipment right next to the door, for easy access. The extended deck is open at the end so that narrow items up to 5.5' long can be stored underneath (Top of an old tower is visible, but it may get moved elsewhere as it has not been used in years).
A "Half Table" was added, to hold another shelving unit. It's not strong enough to walk on, but plenty for the shelving unit.
I have made a new workshop addition, a paint spray booth. Seen here, it is mounted inside of the shelving unit and is behind the folded white panels in the photo below.
There are fold-out panels to help to keep any paint mist from drifting to other places nearby. Panels for the top & bottom (white coroplast), and right side (black foamboard). Left side fold out panels are not needed as this is next to a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood (covered by a tarp) on the left side.
It is made mostly out of pressed hardboard and blue foam for the sides, plus some reinforcements. The front is about 34" across inside, and 26" tall at the front opening. Uses furnace filters, there is room to stack two 20 x 25 filters as I was not sure of the best one to use so decided to allow stacking two (the blue one is pretty porous air-wise, the one behind it is a paper filter that is finer). I'll see how things go with how effective they are and how often they may need replacing.
Two hooks that pivot outwards allow laying a dowel into place to hold the rocket for painting.
Has an under-cabinet type fluorescent light, covered over with clear package tape so if it gets paint over it the clear tape can be replaced.
Filters removed, showing two bathroom vent fans, each rated 50 CFM, so in theory 100 CFM. Of course the filters reduce the airflow a bit.
Here's a pic of the area with some pads and containers of various things. Moving portion of sliding door just to the right, out of view.
Youtube video tour of Spray Booth, plus airflow test using candle smoke:
[video=youtube;4Oj0AmGaVws]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oj0AmGaVws[/video]
- George Gassaway
A "Half Table" was added, to hold another shelving unit. It's not strong enough to walk on, but plenty for the shelving unit.
I have made a new workshop addition, a paint spray booth. Seen here, it is mounted inside of the shelving unit and is behind the folded white panels in the photo below.
There are fold-out panels to help to keep any paint mist from drifting to other places nearby. Panels for the top & bottom (white coroplast), and right side (black foamboard). Left side fold out panels are not needed as this is next to a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood (covered by a tarp) on the left side.
It is made mostly out of pressed hardboard and blue foam for the sides, plus some reinforcements. The front is about 34" across inside, and 26" tall at the front opening. Uses furnace filters, there is room to stack two 20 x 25 filters as I was not sure of the best one to use so decided to allow stacking two (the blue one is pretty porous air-wise, the one behind it is a paper filter that is finer). I'll see how things go with how effective they are and how often they may need replacing.
Two hooks that pivot outwards allow laying a dowel into place to hold the rocket for painting.
Has an under-cabinet type fluorescent light, covered over with clear package tape so if it gets paint over it the clear tape can be replaced.
Filters removed, showing two bathroom vent fans, each rated 50 CFM, so in theory 100 CFM. Of course the filters reduce the airflow a bit.
Here's a pic of the area with some pads and containers of various things. Moving portion of sliding door just to the right, out of view.
Youtube video tour of Spray Booth, plus airflow test using candle smoke:
[video=youtube;4Oj0AmGaVws]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oj0AmGaVws[/video]
- George Gassaway
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