[TR] Powder coating

[David Friedlander]

Ed;

The current part number for the Harbor Freight Powder Coating System
no longer matches the number cited in Fred's e-mail from 2000  (#42802).
No doubt, Harbor Freight has changed their part numbers, prices, and
perhaps the equipment itself, that Fred was referring-to since he wrote
that e-mail, 15 years ago. Perhaps someone on the list can tell us if they
have the system Fred was referring-to or if it's the same as the one here:

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-30-psi-powder-coating-system-94244.html

Dave Friedlander
'59 TR3A




On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Fisher, Ed <edwd at ti.com> wrote:

>  Here is a message I copied and saved from the year 2000, and it was from
> Fred Thomas, a true gentleman.  I bought the Harbor Freight unit he
> suggested, still have it, and we have powder coated many, many parts with
> it.  I was trying to teach my teenage son that there isn’t much you can’t
> learn and figure out with a little curiosity and getting past the fear of
> admitting that you ‘don’t know it all’, so I mailed Fred personally and he
> sent me a manila envelope full of instructions and pictures to get us
> started.  I used that goodwill gesture to show my son, now grown and gone,
> the caliber of people in the world ready and willing to help others, even
> virtual strangers.  He is now in a profession helping others.
>
>
>
> As another lister suggested, get an old electric oven and cure your parts
> in there.  I even made an insulated extension that fit over the door, in
> opened position, to the oven, which effectively doubled the depth allowing
> me to PC longer parts; valve covers and such.  The powdered parts don’t
> really care about thermal uniformity, as long as the parts get hot enough
> for long enough it will flow.  I think 375F for about 20 minutes in a pre
> heated oven usually did the trick unless the parts have a big mass, then
> just extend.  Below is Fred’s message.  May he rest in peace, and may we
> remember the goodwill he exemplified.
>
>
>
> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:17:45 -0500
>
> From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred at erols.com>
>
> Subject: powder-coat
>
>
>
> Listers, anyone thinking of doing P/C and have not purchased a kit yet, you
>
> should check out the kit from Harbour-Freight (99.00), much more sturdier
>
> and heavier built than Eastwoods, several added features the other kit does
>
> not have, such as, foot feed instead of a handle held electric charge to
> the
>
> coated part, this leaves you with a free hand, 2 seperate air control
> vavles
>
> for more even air flow, gravity feed over head cup container, instead of
> air
>
> pushing the powder out, and a much heavier transformer supply box, nice
>
> unit, I received mine today, try it tomorrow. If you have any interest, you
>
> can check it out on their web page item #  42802 @ www.harbourfreight.com
>
> "FT"
>
>
>
> Ed Fisher
>
> Dallas, Tx
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