Big G
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Post by Big G on Jan 22, 2013 21:55:04 GMT -4
I do a fair bit of cutting and grinding. When doing so I wear a respirator, but find that a fine cloud of dust would linger for hours after I was done. I'd want to remove my mask, but would end up breathing crap... rust is the worst! My neighbor does a fair bit of painting and showed me this little setup so I decided to try it. $30 box fan from Crappy Tire & Freebie furnace filter from work (had I wanted to spring the $10, I could have got the exact size filter for the fan)  a little clear tape as I couldn't find my tuck tape  and after a half hour of cutting/ grinding  I'd call that a win. |
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Post by itsakeeper on Jan 23, 2013 6:15:17 GMT -4
I have a duct fan in the workshop with a automotive filter in front of it - vacumn it out after use - works like yours only smaller  |
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Post by dan on Jan 23, 2013 6:48:22 GMT -4
I really like that...... I was coughing for a few days after grinding the paint and rust off of my front d44... I have one of those fans in the barn for circulating air from the wood stove, so I'm already half-way there to having clean air again...
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Post by DamnJeep on Jan 23, 2013 8:06:05 GMT -4
Nice tip!
We did something siilar at work except with a full enclosure but it never occured on me to do it at home!
I even have one of those fans hanging from the ceiling to blow the welding smoke out!
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Post by badwithcomputer on Jan 23, 2013 10:02:00 GMT -4
do you want the filter on the sucking end or the blowing end? (seriously)
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Post by Creepy on Jan 23, 2013 10:18:06 GMT -4
suck side. fan will last longer.
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Post by crazyfrog on Jan 23, 2013 10:26:32 GMT -4
I build one for the wood shop at work, just build a plywood box around it you can put 3 filter and suspend it from the ceiling to be more effective.
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Post by dan on Jan 29, 2013 20:32:15 GMT -4
I slapped one of these together on the weekend while I as coughing from the smoke and dust. grabbed a coarse and a fine particulate filter, and tied them onto the fan. What a difference, and so easy. Shoulda been doing this years ago....
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Post by SocialWheeler on Jan 30, 2013 7:41:54 GMT -4
Scott and I were gringing on two bumpers for an hour or so last night and I had never realized how much stuff there was in the air until we opened the door and stepped outside. It was quite the cloud.
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Post by T-Dogg on Jan 30, 2013 12:20:40 GMT -4
Told him he needed a big exhaust fan ;D
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Post by The Garagemahal on Jan 30, 2013 12:25:05 GMT -4
Told him he needed a big exhaust fan ;D Da Dogg Yes ! you were Right Tony |
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