Diy vac oven. or trade unlikely trade.

Midnightoil · March 21, 2020, 2:33pm

I was considering modifying my Maytag electric oven into a vacuum oven. Then I realized maybe someone with an actual vacuum oven needs a nice turkey baker in the kitchen. So here it is if anyone (I know, unlikely) wants to trade. After the apocalypse is over of course.

Slabby · March 21, 2020, 5:02pm

How were you going to modify it? Interesting

Soxhlet · March 21, 2020, 5:06pm

The controls/ heater on the oven is likely overkill for this,not to mention that the shell of the oven would implode from vacuum. You might want to make a vacuum chamber and wrap it in a silicone heater, control that bad boy with a pid and you got it!

What kinds of tools/ materials do you have access to?

Midnightoil · March 21, 2020, 5:17pm

I was thinking cut a ten inch diameter hole in the side and insert bvv chamber I already have.
Then I was like why not do both sides? It’s a convection model so… heat would circulate around the vac chamber/s. That’s when I thought to consult the collective.
Any other ideas to mod this thing?
Edit. I’m a mechanic. W/Plasma cutter and welder. Other toys.

Soxhlet · March 23, 2020, 3:18pm

the chamber within the oven idea seems sound, you know how to rig up a pid control?

Is your oven 220 volt?

Midnightoil · March 23, 2020, 4:49pm

I don’t know anything about a PID controller but learning is my job. Yes the oven is 220 or 240vac. It has pretty nice controls on it now.

drake · March 23, 2020, 4:51pm

Hmm i have an old brand new oven sitting out on the farm. Maybe this is a good project for it

Midnightoil · March 23, 2020, 4:52pm

Where do I start reading on PID?Besides Future. For this or other projects.

shattertramp · March 23, 2020, 6:26pm

You can convert a 15 gallon vacuum chamber to have about the same shelf space as a 1.9cu ft oven using a heating jacket and making a wire screen rack for the inside. Not the best but it gets the job done.

There may be some things close to that size/shape that can be converted too. Just an idea

Soxhlet · May 17, 2020, 5:41pm

you need pid pointers? dm me your questions.
How did this project turn out?

Midnightoil · May 17, 2020, 11:25pm

This project is on the ever so crowded back burner, pending re-evaluation. The chamber I have, uses an acrylic lid, not ideal.

Soxhlet · May 17, 2020, 11:26pm

You need something made?

Midnightoil · May 17, 2020, 11:37pm

Really thinking about scrapping the oven project. Saving my pennies for other toys.