Great minds think alike (and fools seldom differ...). I am in the process right now of building just such an enclosed "housing" for my processor and wash tank. I am going with Girl Mark's Fumeless Processor design utilising a water heater as a processor (Giant has a stubby that holds 110 liters and is only 36inches high) so it fits right in with a 45gal drum (Imperial) having the exact same diameter (25 inhes), sooo, on the one side I am placing the processor and then some shelves in the middle and the wash tank on the other side. The entire cabinet is 3ft wide, 6ft high and 6 ft long. I have a fold out short table that folds up against the far wall where the handles are for moving the unit around on it's casters. Illumination is done via a three light string sold for kitchen decor. Inside the processor and wash tank are elevated allowing enough space to house several 22 liter pails underneath. The elevation also allows for the plumbing from the wash tank to be drilled through the "floor" and directed to a filter before being stored. I live in a second floor apartment and the unit sits next to the Benz in a heated garage near the electrical outlet and not far from the garden hose attachment. It is almost finished (doing this one paycheck at a time)and will then be painted flat grey to match the cinder block garage walls. The processing will done done nocturnally to afford maximum privacy, the bubbler will be on a timer and the only thing that will protrude is the electrical cord which will run along the floor. One of the central shelves is for the methoxide container and will be high enough to gravity feed it to the pump. The other shelves will hold things like a small hotplate, some titration tools ect... The actual chems will be stored in a locker area that is cool and dark 99% of the time. I will only store very small amounts under the platform the processor and wash tank are sitting on, next to the 22 liter pails. The entire system, including lights is run off a junction box complete with breaker on/off switches, twist-lock connectors for the processor, pump and preheat tank (the preheat tank will be working off the fold out table and feed directly to the pump, the preheat has a 110V immersion heater attached and a drain at the bottom welded to it.),a regular plug-in type electrical outlet (for the hotplate/bubbler/lights) and an emergency mushroon type kill switch just in case. For all intents and purposes it appears like a work station that you would do odd jobs on/with. The flat grey is not very eye catching (the point). Yes, I am taking pictures as I go, and should have the whole thing functional in a few weeks to a month (paycheck to paycheck, ha!) Maybe if Keith wants another example processor for the list I could be encouraged (just ask)to submit all of this again with pics once it is finished. This is a first time event for me in many ways. I have NEVER built a cabinet before. I have NEVER gotten in to any kind of chemistry before. I have NEVER had to design anything from scratch before either. I am sure that someone with actual talent at building stuff could make a much prettier finished product, but it will functional; and discreet.
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