lol.....your way is only dangerous if you lean over and burn your eyebrows off again. I have no doubt the same would happen with that model as well. A lot of people use that method to cure powder with little to no incident. I kinda lumped ya'll in together as a blanket statement up there,no biggie or hard feelings intended. The situation only becomes slightly off center is when the equipment is used contraindicatively to it's intended purpose or something else unforseeable happens. The same holds true for most any "tool" you use anywhere. I'd love it if you all found your equipment for free in a nice forgotten attic somewhere, believe me. I just think safety is more important than cost sometimes is all. You are correct to use gas-fired IR. Heck....the larger industrial ovens have huge gas burners in them so your way is actually safer! But then again.....when they don't apply powder correctly, or something happens....VOOF! I say as long as you find success with it (which I have seen that you have) and you are careful and know what you are doing (which I also know from speaking with you) g'head and use it. Just wouldn't be my first choice as an "introductory" thing is all (looks up at the original post). Didn't mean to have a playful jab at your expense,bud. Boy, if we were sharing embarrasing stories, I'd tell you all about the time where the seat of my pants go ripped off from a conveyor and I didn't have a change of clothes until I went home later that day,lol. Try living down "chaps-butt" in the shop for a while and watch how careful of equipment you are from then on
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