Shop air purification

[Gravy]

Sooooo this is one session with the oxy/acyt torch in my shop....

What are you guys using to keep particulate and smoke to an acceptable level???

I most often wear a respirator grinding, sanding or painting but that doesn't clean the air around me.



(This is just a box fan with a 20"x20" filter taped to it).

 

[Hickey]

I buddy of mine setup a pretty sweet ventilator on the cheap. I only have a video of it. I'll send it to ya on Instagram.

 

[Gravy]

I’m either open-garage door/outside or respirator is all. I would like a purification system but it’s lower on the priority list for now.

My photo is with the man door open even!

I don't want to hurt my lungs. I used to do this crap without a respirator or ear protection when I was like 23. I'm smarter now and want to live to be as old as @jackjoh !

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Wild how much that filter collected

 

[Gravy]

Wild how much that filter collected

Seriously. All that gets breathed in (or settles as dust all over stuff).

Anyone else have a solution they use?

 

[jeeper]

I don't have anything I use..
But I am always appalled when I change my garage furnace filter. Maybe 20 hrs of use and it is black and thick. Crazy how much it picks up, and it is the corner farthest from the work zones.

 

[J-mobzz]

I had one of these at my old house and it was great. Could have used another. Remote control. Can set a timer. Handing out of the way. Really made it simple to hit the 3hr button and forget about it.

3-Speed Remote-Controlled Industrial-Strength Air Filtration System (556/702/1044 CFM)

 

[Hickey]

This is the fume extraction setup I was trying to share earlier.

 

[N-Smooth]

This is what I use. We'll see how well it works in the long term...


EDIT: I really should've found a bigger picture so you guys get what I'm saying

 

[shortstraw8]

I had one of these at my old house and it was great. Could have used another. Remote control. Can set a timer. Handing out of the way. Really made it simple to hit the 3hr button and forget about it.

How hard was that inner filter to change/clean

 

[UNSTUCK]

Anyone else have a solution they use?

I've made it a habit to breath through my nose. Then I clean my filters out all over the shower. My wife hates me.

 

[J-mobzz]

How hard was that inner filter to change/clean

It’s simple. And it made a notable difference in the black boogers that I blew out in the shower after an afternoon of garage work.

 

[J-mobzz]

I've made it a habit to breath through my nose. Then I clean my filters out all over the shower. My wife hates me.

So funny you posted that as I was typing the above response.

 

[jackjoh]

My photo is with the man door open even!

I don't want to hurt my lungs. I used to do this crap without a respirator or ear protection when I was like 23. I'm smarter now and want to live to be as old as @jackjoh !

I think you will make it. I will be 91 the 22nd of may and just got my drivers license renewed for 5 years. I think going for 100 instead of 95 is my next goal.

 

[N-Smooth]

Bumpity. I've been thinking about this, mainly just for general dust (I live next to a field and there'll be construction for years) and the occasional metal or *cough* woodworking use. I like the idea of having one like this from Amazon and just having it on a timer, running a little while each day to get dust out of the air. I could wall mount, ceiling mount, whatever.

Orrrr do I need to get one like @J-mobzz linked above for a lot more cheddar?