Paint Spray Booth

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	I found plans for building a spray booth on the internet. I haven't a clue where I got them now. These are several pictures documenting the construction of it. The Dayton blower is mounted to a piece of 1/4-inch masonite as the screws supplied on the intake shroud are just long enough to go through the masonite and shroud. The cutouts are needed for the bolts that will hold the outtake tube assembly.
	Next, a 1/2-inch piece of plywood or OSB in this case is cut to the same dimensions as the masonite in the previous picture. Notice the 4 countersinks in the picture. These line up with the 4 screws in the previous photo. These are needed since these two pieces will need to be mated together with no gaps or else air will be sucked through this interface instead of being pulled from the booth proper. Make sure you drill the countersinks on the correct side or else you will end up making two like I did!
	A good shot of the motor and masonite assembly.
	As you can see from the furnace filter, the inside dimensions are about 16 inches x 25 inches. The blower and vent pipe are in the back. The hole seen through the filter goes to the blower intake. The blower switch is on the right side. Make sure you paint your booth as you do not want sawdust getting on your freshly-painted models.
	A good shot of the back with the blower mounted to the booth. The outtake tube assembly and also the masonite/OSB sandwich. The bolts holding the blower assembly to the booth are secured from the inside of the booth using T-nuts. Usually, T-nuts are used for leveling legs in layout modules down at our club, but I found they worked nicely for this application. This photo is looking down from the top of the booth.
	The wiring job is shown here. A short piece of Romex is run from the switch to the blower and is tacked down with wire staples. The small block of the wood on the electrical box was needed to get the box out far enough from the booth in order to use an old clunker buggy used switch plate. The orange cord is going to a wall plugin and are available at the big box stores as replacement cords. I'm using 16-gauge wire which is a good size for the blower.
	Here is the booth being used. 10 MDC thrall cars are primered and awaiting paint in the WPO style. Tip: Used toilet paper rolls make great car body handles when painting!
	Here is a side shot showing the dryer hose attached and going to the window outside. Don't laugh at the cheapie air compressor. It wasn't that cheap when I bought it and it works well for shooting Floquil paints. I've upgraded to a nice single-action brush, a Paasche model H.