The Artemis I build has been on a slight hold for a bit to make time for yet another shop project.
With the acquisition of an airbrush, I have found it necessary to, once again, rearrange the workshop to accommodate a place to set up a DIY paint booth.
The best option is to clear out a corner of the shop that has largely been used for storing wood, a disassembled storage shelf unit, and other assorted junk.
The work surface that will host the paint booth setup happens to be a drafting table that I've had in storage for ages.
Perfect! I finally found a great use for it.
To make the frame for the paint booth, I chose to use up a lot of random wood sticks and cutoffs I've had hanging around the shop. It's a bit more sturdy and bulky than necessary for a paint booth, but also a good way to reduce the spare wood pile.
For the sides and top of the booth I'm going with some inexpensive sheets of foam board from the dollar store.
A 3-1/2" plank is stretched across the top of the booth to provide a mounting surface for a task lamp.
The back of the booth is designed to accommodate a 14x14 furnace filter. Behind that sits an inexpensive low speed fan.
Here is a pic of the completed and fully operational paint booth:
As per my tradition of embracing Neanderthal woodworking, the entire project was done using antique and vintage hand tools.
Nary a single electron was sacrificed throughout the build!
Now it's time to get to paintin'...
Cheers!
