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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Flinttim on February 23, 2010, 05:37:00 PM

Title: Homebrew air filtration system
Post by: Flinttim on February 23, 2010, 05:37:00 PM

Been some questions here about air filtering in the workshop. Thought I'd maybe help some by showing a system I built some years back.  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Flinttim/MVC-003F-1.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Flinttim/MVC-001F-2.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Flinttim/MVC-002F-3.jpg)
 The pics should self explanatory. It uses a squirrel cage blower (free from my neighbor) and filters from Home Depot. I use a standard furnace filter first and the the Micron filters behind it. Saves some bucks on filters.

Title: Re: Homebrew air filtration system
Post by: bjansen on February 23, 2010, 06:11:00 PM

Very nice!

Title: Re: Homebrew air filtration system
Post by: Roy from Pa on February 23, 2010, 06:31:00 PM

Very nice. When you stop to think about it, all an air filter contains is a blower unit with a motor to power it, and filters. You did very well, thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Homebrew air filtration system
Post by: Flinttim on February 23, 2010, 07:58:00 PM

The unit is mounted on the ceiling near my sander and bandsaw. When I'm hand sanding a bow with really fine paper you can actually see the dust being drawn up to the unit.

Title: Re: Homebrew air filtration system
Post by: 44charlie on February 24, 2010, 11:00:00 AM

does anyone know how far a shop vac can pull dust thru a standard size hose? i was thinking of extending the reach of my shop vac by using 1.5" pvc pipe, say 20' worth. forgot my physics.


thanks guys