Exhaust Vent set up?

[mountain eagle]

On the long list of things to do so I'll start asking now.

What is a good way to exhaust fumes and grinding particulates so that they are captured rather than strewn all over our yard and gardens?

I try and work with the garage door open when possible, but don't want to let out the heat in the colder times. It's on a public alley so it can be desirable to not leave open for security too. The metal work side of the space is towards our yard and plant stuffs. Either way I'd rather not just take bad stuff from inside and push it outside.

Would it be reasonable to think that one could set up a water trap to avoid expensive filters? Any ideas on how to set one up efficiently?

On that note I should try and acquire curtains too in the hopes to keep some of the crap from getting over to the "clean" side of the garage........

[WookieWelding]

you could set up like a chemistry waterfall filter set up easily out of some plexy glass and a small electric sump pump

[rustycase]

Yup. Something with water has got to be the ticket... even one like a clothes dryer that forces the exhausted air at a bucketful of water might work well enough.

Now I'm in Kalifornia... That would leave me with buckets full of sludge containing exotic metals... Might put me in the calaboose if I dump it! I dunno???

Good luck with that!
rc