fumes

[barracuda]

thought about investing in a welding fume evacuator or building one out of a junk picked gas furnace, the forced air blower part seems to work just fine. have an idea what I'm going to do but wouldn't mind any suggestionGreenSmoking

[KHK]

Check out this link.
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[barracuda]

thanks KHK I will have to check my buddies heating & cooling store for a electrostatic filter

[WookieWelding]

only problem with the electrostatic filter is it does nothing for weld fumes the toxic ones atleast
would be pretty easy to rig up using some flexible ducting like some 8 inch or 10 inch and using a weld fume filter like on one of the commercially available fume extractors

[mountain eagle]

Hmm, Something like this is on the project list..... one thought was to water filter. Fan on the outside drawing through a water catch pulling fines from the grinding area and inside welding spot. Cause I know my wife wouldn't like having that crap exhausted into the yard. Well neither would I really........... On the upside the fan would be outside for noise. On the downside the fan would be outside for the noise.......

Water is prone to trapping everything I would think, yes?

[KHK]

The only problem that I see with water is that bacteria grows in it. Air born bacteria could be worse than the fumes.

[WookieWelding]

Hmm, Something like this is on the project list..... one thought was to water filter. Fan on the outside drawing through a water catch pulling fines from the grinding area and inside welding spot. Cause I know my wife wouldn't like having that crap exhausted into the yard. Well neither would I really........... On the upside the fan would be outside for noise. On the downside the fan would be outside for the noise.......

Water is prone to trapping everything I would think, yes?

a water fall with a fan pulling air threw the water would get rid of any fume this is exactly what chemistry labs use

[Kendrick]

I plan to get one of these once I get my shop running Buy 3M L-905 Helmet, with Welding Shield and Wide-view Faceshield 1/Case: 22834 I like the waterfall idea. I will have to look around any one got pics of the watarfall units?