12-07-2019, 12:04 AM
(12-06-2019, 09:18 PM)f350ca Wrote: Do you need it that hot Stan? Just asking. You'd need welding gloves to handle the rods.
I have a Keen rod oven (portable model) that is pre-set at the factory to 275° F and can be adjusted up to 300° F.
I also use it occasionally to de-hydrate several desiccant canisters I use around the house. While doing that one day I got lazy and decided to reach down into the oven to quickly pluck out one of the desiccant packs without a glove on and accidentally grazed one of the inner walls with the meaty part of the my palm of my hand. NEVER AGAIN, I can promise you that.
Stan, my rod oven uses a very small bi-metallic switch for the thermostat. Could not be any simpler.
Maybe something like a clothes dryer thermostat would do the trick if all you would be running is a light bulb.
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Willie