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240z - fabbing new front rails

December 27, 20195 yr

15 minutes ago, ConVerTT said:

Awesome -thanks for the info. Both my 240 shells have the same depression as yours so it makes sense that it is from a later car

The change would have been due to the implementation of retractable seat belts, that began with the 260z.

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December 28, 20195 yr

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32 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Wow, in a garage sale? Who's @zKars garage? Those are unicorns, nice score.

Thanks! No. A random guy who lives 5 mins away from me had a bunch of stuff in his garage and basement. More on that later ?

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January 3, 20205 yr

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New Years resolution ... better dust control. Enter Dust Booth 2.0 - quad box hybrid down draft /side draft ....

Twin 3 speed exhaust ....

Twin 3 speed intake ...

Fully adjustable to run at negative pressure for sanding and grinding ....

or positive pressure for paint work ...

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January 3, 20205 yr

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Nice work as expected!

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January 3, 20205 yr

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Beautiful! So negative pressure is the lower fans on pulling air from the booth with the roof fans turned off and positive pressure is the reverse, lower fans turned off and roof fans turned on pushing air into the booth?

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January 3, 20205 yr

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3 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

Beautiful! So negative pressure is the lower fans on pulling air from the booth with the roof fans turned off and positive pressure is the reverse, lower fans turned off and roof fans turned on pushing air into the booth?

Close. Negative pressure with lower fans on 3 and roof fans on 1. Positive with lower fans on 1 and roof on 3.

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January 3, 20205 yr

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8 hours ago, ConVerTT said:

Close. Negative pressure with lower fans on 3 and roof fans on 1. Positive with lower fans on 1 and roof on 3.

Right, 3 speeds, very versatile. When it's in use I guess you will spin structure around and open the roll up shop door so you can exhaust the dust or paint fumes out the door?

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January 3, 20205 yr

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3 hours ago, grannyknot said:

Right, 3 speeds, very versatile. When it's in use I guess you will spin structure around and open the roll up shop door so you can exhaust the dust or paint fumes out the door?

No. The shop has a draw though exhaust that flows in the same direction - intake louver by the door, exhaust fan on the back wall. I considered hooking it directly to the booth but it flows too much air.

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January 10, 20205 yr

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Got a chance to test the painting in the prep booth with some rattle can 2k epoxy primer....

It worked great . You can see where the overspray got drawn into the filters ....

Parts came out fine ... welding them in tomorrow hopefully....

Rattle can epoxy primer is ridiculously expensive though. $23 and that took the whole can ...so definitely a laziness tax included in the price.

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January 10, 20205 yr

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Yup, I got suckered into buying a can too. What a waste....

HVLP guns are so easy to use and the results are better. Can't wait to see this project move into high gear!

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January 11, 20205 yr

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7 hours ago, wheee! said:

Yup, I got suckered into buying a can too. What a waste....

HVLP guns are so easy to use and the results are better. Can't wait to see this project move into high gear!

Thanks - I am back in action through April!