Home Made Oven To Bake Finish??
Has anyone built an oven that fgits a rifled action to bake the various gun finishes?
06 March 2006, 03:01
jeffeosso2 heat lamps, "insulated fiberglass board" and a LOT of caution... aluminum tape will also help\
jeffe
06 March 2006, 03:17
Rick 0311Fire Bricks are pretty cheap at most building supply stores. Heat source can be electric, gas, even solar if your real inventive. Also a good idea to install some sort of temperature gauge!

06 March 2006, 04:54
lawndartI'll post a picture in a few days.
I had one made out of 10" diameter pipe (48" long) welded on top of a tractor disc with holes drilled in it. There is a cover for the top with a flue to regulate temperature, and a thermometer fitting in the side.
It goes on top of one of those turkey fryer heat sources hooked up to a propane tank.
The barrels hang from hooks in the lid.
I do small parts in the kitchen stove - No Pizzas in the oven!!
06 March 2006, 05:39
ramrod340I made my oven like the application instructions said. Works great/
http://www.rb-treasures.com/KG_Products/Gun_Kote_Aplication.htmHere's one I found a while back. I haven't used it.
http://www272.pair.com/stevewag/heater/heater1.html06 March 2006, 21:31
larrysI have a question...how do you handle the smaller parts that need to be coated/heated? Can you just lay them on something like a screen?
Just wondering.
06 March 2006, 21:49
tiggertateI went to Lowes and bought a 4' piece of stove pipe and an end cap. I hung the barrel or barreled action from a wire through the end cap and stood the assembly up on a piece of flat plate (an iron skillet works but you'll have to re-season it) on my Coleman stove. I poked my lead casting thermameter through the side to monitor the temp. About 6 bucks all-out.
06 March 2006, 21:50
tiggertatequote:
Originally posted by larrys:
I have a question...how do you handle the smaller parts that need to be coated/heated? Can you just lay them on something like a screen?
Just wondering.
Once they were dry I just set them on a cookie sheet in the oven. Stinks.
06 March 2006, 22:03
ramrod340I take the small part and use fine wire to make a hook. Then hank them from the rack in the wifes oven. Never tried just putting them on a cookie sheet.