reamer Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Anyone else build or buy something similar to this for painting? If you built it, can I see pictures, and what did you use. If you bought it, where? I'm thinking of using conduit for it. Using some 3/4" for mounting the guitar, sliding it over a 1/2" arm to allow rotation. And probably building the base out of wood since I have no welding skills... Thoughts / opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factory5150 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_supp...and_Holder.html There ya go, just hook that thing up to a stand with a vice on it and your good to go. Im gonna pick one of those up because I am tired of holding heavy ass guitars on the end of a stick while spraying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 That one looks a lot like the one in Charvel's videos. But I will not recommend using the fan in that picture. You need a fan that the motor is external from the mount. (explosion proof), the gases that you paint will go thru the motor and can ignite leaving a nice fireball. Also you need some kind of filter so that you are not contaminating the environment and your neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reamer Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah, the pic is from Charvel...I am only intersted in the stand, I got the other stuff, with fans, etc. covered. I know I can build something to work the same, I was just looking to see if anyone else had done so, and what they used. Or if there is something like this out there to buy. No need to re-invent the wheel if there is a cheap one to buy. The one on Stew gives me more ideas as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 The one above looks like an old recycled office chair. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reamer Posted February 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Now that I have been staring at it...the base almost looks like the wheels on docks for raising the lifts! Maybe I will chech those out, and see how much they are. I am surprise not many have chimed in on this. Do most of you just hang your stuff? It seems like this would be the ultimate way to spray a guitar, since you can spin the body around, and rotate the whole thing around. Allowing for even coverage, and even be able to let it dry in a flat position...or am I just over thinking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I use a busted hatchback shock absorber and I attach the end to a table, then I can turn the guitar around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer X Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I too was inspired by the Charvel videos, and their painting rig, so I came up with something not nearly as complicated and expensive, but serves my purpose. Basically, I built it out of spare stuff I had lying around: I took a 3/4" piece of laminted plywood, roughly 2'x3', and mounted a 1-1/2' length of 2x4 to it, using angle brackets. Several inches from the top of the 2x4, I drilled out a 3/4" hole to put the holder/hanger bar through (the common bar that everybody attaches to the neck screwholes of the body.) I simply sit this on top of an old dresser that I use. I can turn the body by rotating the bar within the 2x4's hole. additionally, for when I want to shoot the body in a vertical position, I have a pipe adaptor flange, mounted, at the center-point of the base, that I can slip the holder bar into: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imott Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Introducing... The Guitar Rotisserie!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reamer Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nice! Are you painting in the shower? What did you use for teh stand it is on? Chairs are just too short...I did see a parts stand on wheels at Menards for like $50 that could be used. I also found my dock guy can get me a Winch Wheel for around $30. I'm going to check one out and see if it is sturdy enough. Then I'll be up and running. I like your jig however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imott Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Nice! Are you painting in the shower? What did you use for teh stand it is on? Chairs are just too short...I did see a parts stand on wheels at Menards for like $50 that could be used. I also found my dock guy can get me a Winch Wheel for around $30. I'm going to check one out and see if it is sturdy enough. Then I'll be up and running. I like your jig however! Yup. KTM-9 in the shower anytime!!!! I am wheelchair bound and spraying anything upright is a pain. So this is how I do it. Roll in shower makes it easy! That is one of them drum machine stands. I just found an old rotisserie motor from an old grill...Maybe I will integrate it into this design!!! I will be adding an overspray collector soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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