Building an Airbrushing Booth.

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Pretty much finished today. Just small details, otherwise the booth is finished!

To took the good Doctor's advice and used pretty much what I had on hand. I have pretty much followed Wayne's idea too! The particular piece in question is a 5" --> 4" reducer.

First I marked an inch inward and then marked cut lines every inch around the 5" end. I also drew and marked a 1/4" plywood "collar" on a piece of scrap wood. Then using a pair of tin snips I cut the tabs and used pliers to bend them outward. I was already enjoying where this was heading.




Then I cut the plywood collar. I cut out the center opening first, as it makes it easier to work with. If you cut out the large diameter first, then you have less wood to hold on to, while you attempt deftly try to maneuver a jigsaw around in a circle. I also removed the motor from the back of the booth in order to plot the holes for the mounting screws.



Once those were drilled, I then used 1/8" aluminum medium length pop rivets to secure each flange to the plywood collar. Before you can insert the rivets you need to pre-drill 1/8" holes in the metal flanges and collar. I marked one spot on the collar and drew an arrow on one of the flanges to mark this spot. It made matching up the pieces easier a bit later on. I didn't place a rivet in the flanges where the mounting bolts would go as they would hold down their respective flanges when mounted. Actually going back and looking at the pics I guess I did in a couple of places...oops!

Here is a test fit with just a few rivets and the mounting bolts in place. I put down a bead of silicone before I attached the duct to the collar.



I then finished drilling holes and installing the rest of the rivets. I also applied a bead of silcone around the gaps on the inside. This should seal this area nicely.



Final assembly. I applied a bead of silicone between the fan and the plywood collar as the rivet heads do not allow a flush fit and leave about a 1/16" gap. For the sake of it I also placed a bead around the area between the blower and the back of the airbrush station.



And that as they say is that...pretty much. I hope in the very least that this will give anyone else some ideas should they want to build their own air brush booth instead of buying a commercially available one. Perhaps and even better one then the one I built. That I would love to see.

The last step of course will be to install the rigid ductwork to vent it outside. That will not happen until March Break however I'm quite happy how this has all come together for me.