Welcome to the " MLC Performance Fabrication " RU-vid Channel! All my life I have had a love of dismantling and building things and now I want to bring that passion for building to the masses. I work for A local heavy haul trailer manufacturer in the Engineering Department. I get to design some crazy stuff and watch it get built. But my beginnings started as a welder on the shop floor. Now I continue my welding journey in the evenings and weekends in my personal shop building racecar bodies and race car lifts and repair work. Always up for something new and challenging. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the channel.
Damn. I really wish i wouldve seen this before i ordered this whole kit and spent over 1500. Fml the guy had really good reviews. This really fucks my project progress
I’m hoping my stuff was a fluke. I’m really considering just building my own lowers. I would like to go coil over now. I can make it work. Just shouldn’t had to do this much correcting. If you’re anywhere near Indiana I can help you square it up. I actually have a crossmember drawn . Thinking about making some.
@@mlc_fab I bought the guys entire kit, so maybe the lowers won't be an issue? Luckily I am a machinist at a hotrod shop so I can fix it if I need to. I was just hoping to do the front end kit in a day, so I guess I should probably check everything before I pull the car apart. I really appreciate your generosity, and if you need any cad assistance or manufacturing process aid with developing your own kit I would love to help.
@@wadeduffey3809 I am actually a design engineer for my day job. I design heavy haul semi trailers. But thanks for the offer! The rack mount will have to be changed as well. I just about have that video ready. I think I'm going to be using a mustang bump steer kit to get everything back to where it really should be.
What air pressure are you running to the 1lb hopper? I have had no luck with the fluidizatiin on my electron. It either stops putting out powder in the middle of spraying or pushes all the powder out of the gun from to much pressure. You dont seem to be having any of those problems in any of your videos.
I Start with the regulator all the way off. slowly..and I mean slowly turn it up until you start to see air streaks through the powder. this is with the lid off. I have a stirring stick I use to agitate the powder. Should look like slightly simmering pasta sauce. Just the occasional bubble. It takes very little air pressure. It really doesnt even hardly register on the gauge. I do a quick trigger pull to check and back off if I need to. This has worked well for me. I have puked quite a few hoppers of powder onto the floor from too much air pressure.
@@mlc_fab Thanks for the quick reply. Watching your videos is what made me buy the electron setup over other brands. I haven't tried adjusting air pressure with the lid off, I'll give this a try.
It is a great tube notcher , but agree with you that missing flat to hold on , if you need the change the hole saw. Or will be nice to use some pin to prevent shaft from accidentally sliding out, if the notcher is not permanently installed. The pin will actually act like stop the shaft from turning and help to change the saw too. Same system like is used on Harbor Freight notcher .
I’ve been watching about 200 videos on making an oven. 16 months into it today.18th. Trying to figure out the propane burner now. Have electricity that still has to finish. But i went into this blind also. I can only spend a few hours a day at my shop. Plus other projects every now and then. I try not to take anything much. Because I want to get my shop together. Fabrication. Went into that blind also. Your advice on the propane helped me out a lot. I do already have 2 100 lbs tanks. Thank goodness I was able to see yours again. Mine is 8x7x6 tall ,depth ,width . Thank you
I did about the same as you. Bought the vevor table then figured out it is no mill and bought a mill a couple of months lator. Haven't used the vevor table since
My ground is a 6 ga wire ran right through the wall to a 8' -0" x 5/8" ground rod. Roughly about 8-10' from the ground tab on the booth. Then I attached the ground from the the Electron to the same point.
I have a new Electron gun. I’d like to use these hoppers. I bought one from Columbia Coatings. Looks similar to yours. Curious what pump you are using with your one pound hopper. At first glance it didn’t look like the Electron pump would fit into the fitting on the top of the hopper I got. The electron air hose fittings are keyed so they can’t be installed wrong. Not sure where to get more so I can just use the electron hose quick connects with someone else’s pump. Appreciate any info you can provide. Thank you!!
Thanks for the comment. I am using the pump that comes with the system from Electron. I'll leave the link to the hopper in the comments as well as the description. First in finshing also sells all of the quick disconnects.
Pump came from McMaster-Carr. Seems to be built by wolverine just not labeled as such, part number 6296K27. The pump mount came from One Hydraulics E575522A : MAGNALOY 5.75 PILOT ENG MOUNT SAE A X5.25. Used a love joy coupler to connect the pump to the motor.
I have actually been considering running a chimney to the outside. The only vent I currently have in the oven is in the lower corner of the door. To help with pressure inside the oven.
Thanks for the comment! At the time I bought this it was right at 3000 for the unit with 4 hoppers. I purchased it from “First in Finishing”. Mooresville, Indiana. Talk to Monte McClung. 317-439-9019
Thanks for the comment! That is in the works here in another month or so. Going to do some shop re arranging. Since Podwer coating was an after thought.
Wish they had been out when I bought these. But about a year too late. Plus the harbor freight table tops bolt down..where these are welded to the frame. But the tooling looks spot on with a change in color.
i noticed on your other videos you were using a RC-1 ...i have been looking at that but now i see you have moved away from it to a Electron?...any particular reason?
It was more of a buisness decision. I was still quite happy with the RC-1. But decided I wanted to step up to a commercial gun since I was taking on more powder coat work. The RC-1 is a great gun but I really wasnt happy with the hoppers. I tried all the versions of the hoppers had a bout the same success with all. 2-3 coat jobs are so much easier with the Electron. I still use the RC-1 for some jobs where I have a quick powder change. I just felt the investment in the Electron was the right decision for my buisness.
I was just wondreing if you had to do any mods to the heater itself? I see some vids of people putting a propane shut off in the heater on smaller BTU heaters@@mlc_fab
@@rjwentworth4168 I ran the heater just as it came out of the box for 6 months. Eventually bypassed the thermostat. Then had to replace the gas valve after it gave out. replaced it with a 110v valve I had here.
thank you i'm just getting thing in order to start powder coating. I currently have a 4x5x8 oven I'm building. trying to learn as much as possible before I start@@mlc_fab
New to racing. I have a bert I went to bleed my clutch and the bleeder broke. do you have a part # or info on what you bought no one at oreilys knows what I’m talking about. Thanks
Great looking machine, i seen one in UK trade show and thinking or ordering. Can you please tell me how long it takes you to clean the hoppers if you changing colours pls?
you Start the bend at the beginning or end of the bend quadrant. You place the ref mark on your tube at the back edge of the swiping die. But you have to make sure all the slack is out of the tube. after all the slack is out and the tube cant be moved, the ref mark should be at the back edge of the die. I'll do a video better explaing this.
