Today's Project

The paint shop after further upgrade.

A bathroom exhaust fan draws air into the booth and out the back. A few layers of t-shirt cotton stretched over an old picture frame will be fixed against the hole to filter paint from the air.

I still have to cut out a pane of plexiglass to tack over the upper half of the paint box opening.

Switching maneuvers

Today's project: Upgrade the paint shop.

The Paasche air compressor was a lucky find at an estate sale. I think I got it for less than ten bucks.

I've played around with it and an air brush I bought on e-bay but what I really wanted was a switched plug for it and an exhaust fan. Today's project was to wire the switch and plug.

The shelf they're mounted on is just off the floor under the spray booth that's built into the work bench above it. The hose for the air brush will easily reach the front of the booth.

On the Bench

It's built mostly of scraps, but it's beginning to look a little like the hobby bench I've pictured in my mind's eye when I started almost two years ago.

I had enough scrap wood to extend the table top and found a bit of peg board in the back of the work shop that was just the right size. After a trip to the hardware store this afternoon I'll be able to hang some tools up and finally clear away some of the clutter on the bench top.