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I have a couple of long arms I would like to coat but I don't have an oven I can use to bake the coating.
I suppose I could use Alumahyde II but would prefer something else.

Have any of you built a gun oven?
I have seen plans for several types but before I even think about it I wanted to tap the brain trust.
If you have built one please share your experiences.

sounds like something you could do with an old refrigerator and some space heaters.
you could hang the parts inside with coat hangers and turn on a small heater. How much heat do you really need?

Of course you could also get a fan and move the air around like a convection over.

If all else faile you could cook a port loin!

You could always buy one from Lauer Custom Weaponry for about $1450. Thats what we did. Just depends on how much you use it. It may justify the expense. Works great.

We also thought about finding a subway store that had an old bread heater we could buy for cheap and put some heat lamps in it.

Henry
HHB Guns
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You could always find a regular oven someones getting rid of and use it. Last time i baked on a finish i used the kitchen oven and the old lady had my but, Her words "You stunk up the Da** house!"

+1 on the old fridge. I helped my uncle make a "jerkarator" out of an old fridge, a hair dryer and some PVC pipe and fittings. We put extra racks in and he made a ton of venison jerky with that thing over the years. He had to fine tune it, i recall that if the hair dryer was set on high it would cook the venison. He had to run it on low and vent the chamber to get it to run cool enough to dry the meat. I imagine with some exhaust pipe and a Tile heat gun one could bake paint, and do it outside in case the contraption caught fire during R&D. I'm begining to ramble a bit so I will sign off but if anyone wants to know more details let me know I will call the Old Fart and see what he thinks. He loves to Tinker and is a wealth of info.

Ever watch "Good Eats"? He made a smoker one episode macguyver style: cardboard box, hot plate, small cast iron pan (4-6"), and a fan. He went to a cabinet shop and got a bunch of the sawdust and used that for his smoke (untreated of course)

Skiddy biddy ting de bot. Poot d saudust n d pot! Kazhrei, I love your avatar.

I used the house oven when I refinished 3 FAL's. Though my Ol' Lady didn't get mad, it does make the house smelly and that could pose an issue for those who suffer breathing issues. The old fridge conversion sounds like a good idea if you plan on doing a lot of refinishing. If it's one or two guns, give your wife some money and let her go shopping for the afternoon. Don't forget to crack a window or two

+1 for "regular" home oven. You can often find 1 (even new) at Habitat ReStore on Sunset across from the chicken plant.

We have donated "scratch-dent" appliances to them that could not be used in new homes. Plus, money spent is for a good cause.

Just keep in mind that you will need to wire in dedicated circuit to your breaker panel.

Never thought about the habitat store I think there's one in Gville.