Paint Shop & Paint Stands

[airartist]

This is a 2 part post. First off....I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a picture of a good paint/buffing stand for fenders, tanks and HELMETS?
Next....I just bought a house with a rough shop in the back that I want to convert to an effective spray booth. It's about 12'X15'X8'. The structure is just framed out with wooden siding on the outside. It also has power wired in. I am in the construction & welding industry, so I can do the work. I would just like to get some real good advise on a COST EFFECTIVE means of converting what seems to be a perfect place to paint motorcycle parts. First addition to it should be some means to vetilate and filter. Please Help.

 

[Stretch]

If you're in the welding industry as you say why not fab up some paint stands. That's what I did. I stopped at a tire shop on the way home and they gave me a used donut tire wheel. I then hit the metal shop and picked up some 2" square tubing and some round pipe that fit inside it. I welded a 2.5' section of the square tube to the donut wheel. For pretty cheap you can weld some specific tank/fender holders to the round tube. Then just slide it into the square tubing and you've got a stand that can easily rotate. I drilled some holes in the square tube so I can slide a bolt through and adjust the height of the stand. I was able to use mine for painting and buffing and they've worked great. I can post a photo if anyone's interested. Scott has a writeup on this site about some home-made stands as well.

Can't help you on the paint booth. I'm using a make shift one out of painter's 6 mil plastic and some pulleys. I plan on posting photos of that at some time as well.

-Stretch

 

[airartist]

Thanks for the reply. i have seen and printed the post on paint stands and they are great. i was just wondering if anyone has fabricated any custom stands. i am trying to get a visual of Stretch's stands. I'm not sure if what I have in my mind is what your talking about, but i would really appreciate it if you could post pics. Thanks so much for your input.

 

[Stretch]

I'll try to get some shots tonight and post them. They could use some revisions but they've worked great thus far.

-Stretch

 

[hoss]

there is some pics of some stands in the Eastwood cat. you could go brouse the www.eastwood.com site and see.

 

[Stretch]

Just so you know, I've only been welding a few months so don't look at the welds, I'm sure they're not pretty but this should give you an idea of what can easily be done for a paint stand.

This particular stand was for a Honda VTX tank. I painted and buffed it out on this stand without a problem. When I make my next stand I'll do a few things different. First I think I'll also drill a hole in the round tubing so that I could put a bolt thru both vertical pieces to lock it and prevent it from turning while buffing. Also I think I'll just weld the horizontal piece to the round tube. I went the extra step and welded a nut into the round tube and a bolt to the bottom of the horizontal bar. The thought was that I could just switch out top pieces when needed. I think i'd rather just have that all be one piece for more stability. Although this design worked I don't like the fact that all the weight of the tank is on that one nut and bolt.

Hope this gives you an idea.

-Stretch

 

[airartist]

Great ideas. I do like the iidea of trying to find a way to switch out the top piece for various parts. Maybe if you take a piece of square tubing (approx. 4") and weld it to the bottom of top piece and drill a hole all the way through the square and round tubing of the parts, you could then secure them with pins that go all the way through. This would provide a real quick way of removing and adding various top pieces. I have some more ideas that would probably help. I'll post them soon. I think we could perfect this thing.

 

[Stretch]

Yeah, it's not perfect but it's worked out well thus far. Definitely post your ideas, I'd like to get it working better and I'm sure this is something quite a few people could easily do for their own paint shops.

I got the donut wheel for free and was able to pick up some scrap metal for next to nothing.

-Stretch

 

[Ultra Al]

I havent had time to fabricate it yet, but I have an idea of using a stand similar to the one pictured but with two padded pieces sticking up on top in a "V" configuration so that a fender (motorcycle) will find its own balanced spot Hope Im expressing this clearly and like I say its just in the idea stage.