drying box?

[AkDan]

Ok I'm not sure this is the right place for it but I think it's the 'bestest' place.  

I want to build a drying box.  Something that is lint/dust and static electricity free.  Something I can induce a little heat too (via a lightbulb maybe?!?).  

This is for arrows, but I'm sure it'd be a great thing for a bow if it's big enough.  My problem is my sealer is slow drying, but the type of sealer is not going to change, unless I change to an epoxy again which is also slooow drying lol.

Any idears?

[AkDan]

wow, no one?

[Russell S.]

i use my bow box to cure just about everything.  i have the binghams 150-180 thermostat,  but thats only because i havent got off my but and made an electronic controller.  my shop is too cold to cure epoxy finish (~40 at night)  so i hooked up a staco variac up to it...  now i can maintain my box at a constant temp  the lowest i have cured anything at is system 3 expoy at 85F for 3 days.   works like a champ,  plus it has a 120/140 output switch so i can overdrive the light bulbs.  4 100 watt light bulbs will get the oven with bow loaded in it to 180 in about 1 hr with the transformer at  140 i can get them hot in about 35 mins..  however everytime i have used it in overdrive i have blown a light bulb.  i think an electronic controler is the right idea.  i have a schematic some where around here.  Staco variacs are expensive.  i just happened to have one from the days of making tesla coils.
i think i picked mine up on the big action site for 50$ after a year of bidding on them.
here is the one i use:  
  http://www.iseincstore.com/3pn1010bvariabletransformer120vacsinglephaseinput0-140vacoutput10acasedmodelwithcordplugreceptaclelightedswitchandfuse.aspx  

i remember them going for between 70-100$ normally there.  gota make sure the one you get is tested to make sure it doesn't have any dead spots.

[DVSHUNTER]

plywood and a few light bulbs. Works great I can get up to about 125

[DVSHUNTER]

try a pic here. I'm not sure if this one is the right size. Sorryif it isn't.

[AkDan]

hmm..this is for arrows more then a bow, so I need to hang them vertically lol.   I dont need to add much if any heat too it..but I figured if I work in the garage she's unheated....warmer then being outside, but definatly not finish curing weather   .

[Bruce Martin]

A vertical box or small closet with the light bulb in the bottom would heat up the space nicely. Might need to rig up some sort of protection over the heat source in case arrow finish (flamable!) were to drip.

[AkDan]

how about dealing with static electricty in a box arrangement?  That is probably the worst thing we have to deal with up here in winter....maybe a humidifier in the room I have the box in?  My mud room is the warmest in the house and also has no carpet so I'm thinking of doing it in there instead of the unheated garage.  makes more sense anyways.

The static elec. is terrible, think of hitting an electric fence half the time you flip a light switch LOL....it also reaks havoc with dust on shafts.  Things turn into magnets!

[Russell S.]

line it with aluminum foil then ground the aluminum.  with out air flow static will not be too much of a problem.  as for the arrows getting charged, they have to be grounded to stop the static build up,  maybe hang them from copper wire and ground that.

[AkDan]

Russ,

I hang them on cloths pins...was using tack cloths between coats, learned to stop that real quick up here! I would assume that would ground them enough?

[Russell S.]

proof is in the pudding,  if you are having trouble i guess not!

[AkDan]

well the SE i'm having issues with is predipping and such.  Got away from tack clothing, seemed to really super charge the shafts before dipping LOL!  

I dont know if I was picking up after the dip or not when they were on cloths pins...the control factor wasnt there to find out.   So maaaybe?!?!  

Honestly I havent dipped any arrows yet (still waiting on my shafts to arrive, come on dogsled team you can do it!), but I have noticed the new place has quite a bit more SE then the old one.