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Darren	Darren posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 54, Visits: 913	Started an oven build today so thought i would make a thread to post my progress. This is all new to me so I'm sure il have some questions on the way, and you can all correct me if i do something wrong Made the frame out of 15mm steel box tube Then a 1mm steel outer skin What size element would be good for this size oven? Its 1 meter x 600mm x 600mm
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Brian_s	Brian_s posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 99, Visits: 2.5K	I hope you are going to insulate it? If so 2Kw will be ample. Brian.
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	and earth it! Insulate the inside with celotex or similar, use a 2kW oven heater element and a fan with temperature process controller and you'll be well away
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Darren	Darren posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 54, Visits: 913	Yeah I'm going to insulate it with 50mm celotex. Where is the ideal place to mount the element? On the bottom or one of the sides? Im thinking of getting a round element and having a fan in the middle of it (how most domestic ovens are)
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davro	davro posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	Looking good so far! are you going to have any runners for shelves inside the oven. I am about to start building my oven in the next week or so David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale Edited 9 Years Ago by davro
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Darren	Darren posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 54, Visits: 913	davro (01/05/2015) Looking good so far! are you going to have any runners for shelves inside the oven. I am about to start building my oven in the next week or so I'm just going to have one fixed shelf in it. Any body know a good place to buy vac fittings?
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f1rob	f1rob posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 237, Visits: 4.8K	Vac innovations
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ChrisR	ChrisR posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 363, Visits: 3K	I would also recommend VacInnovations, they have all the kit you could possibly need and whenever I have rung them they have been helpful.
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Shaneer22	Shaneer22 posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 156, Visits: 14K	Any more progress.
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wojtepanik	wojtepanik posted 9 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 102, Visits: 582	looks badass !! keep us informing ! ~~~Everytime I hear sound of demoulding part I have eargasm~~~
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