Oven Drawer

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Oven Drawer

Powder Coating Oven Enhancement

I use an electric ex-kitchen oven. Most of the parts I coat need to hang.

The top oven rack provides ~9.5" vertically so I installed a higher top drawer, giving me ~12.5" vertically.

The full-width drawer, 3/4" x 1/8" angle iron, with a center support of 1/2" angle iron.

The drawer, designed only for hanging items, sits tight under the top element.

The aluminum bearing races,

The bearing are 3/16" (0.1875) od, the through hole was 11/64" (0.1719). Then a larger hole, #10 (0.1935),

The extension travel of the outer arm was limited by a plastic end tab, so I welded on a square metal tab. Travel of the middle arm is limited by the weld globs that replace metal end tabs.

Full-suspension ball bearing drawer slides were used. These have 3 rails, plastic and metal races, and a plastic rail release mechanism. I replaced the plastic races (which softened and deformed during the first test heating) with metal ones I made. The release mechanism was removed and not replaced.

The drawer bottom is expanded metal.

The expanded metal bottom allows attaching to any point of the drawer.

drilled and ready to cut.

was drilled part-way down in the strip, leaving only a ring at the bottom to retain the bearing.