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New From Binford Tools...MegaVentilator!

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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
New From Binford Tools...MegaVentilator!
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:04 PM

"Tim tell us about Binford's ulitimate paint booth the MegaVentilator."

"Okay Al I will. Binford has mated their premium materials handling cabinet with their megavent exhaust fan...We're talking 1900 cfm! Enough power to suck the paint out of the airbrush with out the compressor even running!"

 

 

The fan was used in a building that housed a laboratory that had a chemical handling booth. I got it for NODDA, ZIP, ZERO....FREE!!! 

Seriously I am thinking of converting this media blast cabinet and a smaller exhaust fan to make a new paint booth...more on this order. The fan will be mounted adjacent to the booth set up for a down draft configuration. Both incoming and exhausted air will be filtered.

 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: london-uk
Posted by ludwig113 on Monday, May 19, 2008 5:49 AM
"it wasn't powerful enough , so i re-wired it!"
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:51 PM

Arr!  Arr!  Arr!  More Power!

Gerald,

Making this thing work will be interesting.  At 1900cfm, you're going to need someplace for makeup air to enter the booth.  If you don't have that, you won't be able to see anything since the gloves will be incredibly overinflated!   You'll also need to get the women and small children out of the house when you turn it on...  Oh, yeah, be sure and tie a rope around your waist. 

Another issue revolving around that much makeup air in that small volume will be turbulence.  Simply trying to get the paint from the airbrush to the model may be a challenge, and getting it to stick is another story by itself depending on where the makeup air is coming in, and whether or not it can be evenly distributed. 

And exhaust ducting will have to be rigid, just so it doesn't collapse from all that negative pressure (I'm assuming the fan is at the end of the exhaust ducting--it looks like a roof or outside wall unit).  In addition, moving all that air through a small space could generate some significant static charges.  The booth, fan, etc. will have to be well-grounded.

While I don't usually recommend it, putting a rheostat on the fan and dialing it down by as much as 60% or so may be the ticket for good airflow, particularly if you're going to make the booth a downdraft. 

Regardless, let me know how it works out... 

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:07 AM

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

That may be a bit of hard to overcome overkill. Don't think paint booth, think paint ROOM. Build a small closet area. Seal it well. Install a screen door and put furnace filters over the screen. Have the duct opening in front of you when you work and the door behind you. You'd most likely never smell a hint of fumes. And you may consider some form of hearing protection. I bet that beast is loud.

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Palm Bay, FL
Posted by Rick Martin on Monday, June 9, 2008 6:58 PM
WOW, used to have a Binford 6100 Hobby Paint Booth but felt it was not powerful enuff. I managed to power it with a rebuilt Porsche engine which really kicked up the CFM to about 4500 CFM. Worked great until it sucked the cat into the booth followed by the wall on the other side of the room. My ex-GF made me take it down---"damn"--Rick Martin
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons" General Douglas Macarthur
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    September 2012
Posted by namrednef on Monday, June 9, 2008 7:16 PM

 

.....and she's an "ex" why? Did she fit thru the duct? 

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