building a oven"need a little help"

[luder]

I am starting a oven project this week it will be 6 ft high 4 ft wide and 4 feet deep. What is the formula for figuring out how many btu's ill need to heat this thing I am pretty new to powder coating and have many questions........... any help would be greatly appreciated

[getastro]

Are you going with gas or electric? I built a oven the same size and I run 15K watts to heat it. Four 3000 watt elements. If you go with gas a think 11,000 btu's should work , but not sure.

[WELDER260]

you can find the info if you look in my oven construction question i posted .biker bill answered and there is a site to go to where there is a very simple formula to figure this out. i to am building an oven ,its almost done.its 52 inwx68indx72inh inside dimensions.if you have any questions feel free to e mail me directly.

[Carcher7878]

I was going to use infrared, but I think I would like an oven. I was told that you can buy a couple old ovens and kinda slap them together. Im new at this. Is there a site that I can find plans on how to build an oven?

Thank you, any info would be helpfull..

Archer

[Blademan]

I'm new at this but i'm a scrounger at heart,, luckly had two of the 5 kids move on down the road, just had to save them ol bed frames..i'm building a 5x5x6 oven frame with them, got it all sorta bolted together eye ballin it for now, tryin to pick the brains of these guys here till I make a decision..I know parts is parts...but there's alot more to it than just a box with heat in it.

[jtagger19]

Are you going with gas or electric? I built a oven the same size and I run 15K watts to heat it. Four 3000 watt elements. If you go with gas a think 11,000 btu's should work , but not sure.

I'm new at this I'm in the process of acuaring a bigger electric oven
can you use a GAS ovens I was told that gas ovens didn't work cause they have emitions and powder is flamable . if thi is the case
I have 2 big gas ovens that I might use then.

[Carcher7878]

powder is only explosive when its in a mist form like when you are spraying it. I had an arc while spraying because I was too close. Only damage was i think my heart skipped a beat when it happened. but the part was fine, had to recoat an area because some of the powder blew off. But I put a part in a gas oven and it cure just fine. But I have an account with a custom bike builder, I use IR propane heat that I got off of ebay for $38. hook it to a propane tank and Im off, Getting a stand with a heater soon to do a guys car. Yeah that whole outside of the car! lol

[11111111]

okay here is some pictures of my new oven. its gas fired 16 feet long and 8 ft wide and 8 ft tall. has a separate door inside that closes it down to five feet deep for smaller parts. okay tell me how to add a picture and i will send them?[/img][/code]

[WAORacing]

If you have them on a web page just right click and click copy shortcut then just paste it in your post. Thats the only way i know how. If you don't have them on a web page you can email them to me and i'll post them for you. myoung@islc.net

[WAORacing]

11111111,

Can you give me a details on how your gas fire setup is going to be?

Thanks Mike.