My last post (about 3 weeks ago) was a "thank you" post to this forum as I was able to find out all I needed to know before diving back into this hobby - I realized that I would need a spray booth so I built one (after seeing online ones for upwards of $300 USD or more). I got the basic idea from this site:
http://www.rachelspages.com/calypso/html/booth.htm
I used a 265CFM blower to cover off a 24" wide x 18" high x 18" max depth booth that I built from 1/2" plywood and some 1x8 pine board. I figure I would post some photos of the booth since, when searching online for plans, I never found decent photos of a booth.
Here we go:
http://www.chang-sang.com/photo/030905/front.jpg - here's the front of the booth - plexiglass front on a swing hinge attached to a 6", in width, top.
http://www.chang-sang.com/photo/030905/back1.jpg - here you can see how I mounted the blower to the back of the booth - the filter is held in place by just some scrap plywood screwed into the mounting pieces
http://www.chang-sang.com/photo/030905/side.jpg - the basic shape of the side panels for the booth
http://www.chang-sang.com/photo/030905/bottom.jpg - a bit of detail in how the blower exhausts to the aluminum exhaust tubing.
http://www.chang-sang.com/photo/030905/tube.jpg - finally the aluminum exhaust tubing is mounted to a plastic vent which exhausts out of the room.
What would I do differently if I re-build it? Well, I would use thicker plywood next time, 1" instead of 1/2" - this would allow for a bit more stable mounting (imho) of the blower to the back of the booth.
Total cost?
Material wise (approx):
Plywood $26 CDN (I've got enough left over to build another booth)
Plexiglass $20 CDN
Hardware (hinges etc): $15 CDN (includes all screws and nails)
Filter: $10 CDN
Mounts (includes Aluminum tubing): $25 CDN
Blower: $150 CDN
Cheers and thanks,
Dave