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   bldrbill | Sep 13, 2006 02:02am | #1

   W W Grainger

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   pins | Sep 13, 2006 02:21am | #2

   Anything you can buy on the street for $100 you can buy at Grangers for $400. Shop around. Find out what's being used and then shop the price.

   John

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   redoy | Sep 13, 2006 02:43am | #3

   Thanks for your help. I'll ask around and see what I can come up with.

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   Mike&L | Sep 13, 2006 05:24am | #4

   Also try McMaster-Carr.  They have been helpful to me.

   MikeIf my hands were only as smart as my head.

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   redoy | Sep 14, 2006 03:08am | #7

   Thanks, I'll check them out.

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   mapleman | Sep 13, 2006 08:41am | #5

   Red,

   Try this link. I am looking to get this fan from these folks soon.

   http://www.sprayshield.com/cgi-bin/hazel-cgi/hazel.cgi?action=serve&item=fan.html

   Keep us posted on the booth!

   Lee

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   redoy | Sep 14, 2006 03:10am | #8

   It looks like what I need but I was hoping to spend less.

   Thanks

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   mapleman | Sep 15, 2006 03:17am | #10

   Hi Red,

   I agree with wanting to spend less. I had save the link in my favorites about 2 months ago, it was right at $400 then. Looks like it has gone up in price since then. If you find a lower cost alternative, by all means drop me a line: [email protected]

   Thanks,

   Lee

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   highfigh | Sep 13, 2006 03:55pm | #6

   If the shop is for your personal use, OSHA doesn't need to get involved IIRC and you won't need to meet the same standards. Binks sells explosion proof booths and they move a lot of air. I worked for a place that bought them for all of the shops and I'm pretty sure they used squirrel cage fans like what are used in furnaces. Since the motor is outside of the air flow and the fan needs to be turned on for about five minutes before the air valve lockout allowed spraying to happen (overkill, eh?), combustion is very unlikely.

   Large ductwork is needed to keep back pressure low and there was a vacuum gauge on the side to indicate a clogged filter, which was a "J" shaped liquid filled tube that was open on both ends, with the higher end attached to the chamber behind the filters. That way, if the filters became clogged, the vacuum affecting the gauge would cause the liquid to rise in the tube.

   If you can find a furnace blower that moves about 1000CFM, you can make a cabinet with a frame to hold the furnace filters for catching the overspray. In the case of the Binks cabinet, the cabinet itself is made of heavy gauge galvanized sheet metal. If you use a TEFC motor, you really shouldn't have much trouble although I would make sure there is something conductive on each side of the filters, attached to a good ground point. That way, static discharge won't be a source of spark.

   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
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   redoy | Sep 14, 2006 03:16am | #9

   Sounds like a workable solution, I'll see what I can find.

   Thanks