Air Filtration Unit for Cellar Workshop

The stuff that the air scrubber gets is *not* the stuff that falls to the floor. It is the one micron stuff that hangs in the air, gets in your lungs and is the *most* harmful dust in the shop.

Get the air scrubber.

my $1/50th,

ymmv,

fwiw,

etc etc...

Joe C.

I'm pretty confident that if you run an air filter in your dust collectin' cellar shop, the filter will quickly develop a coating of dirt. It's the fine particles in the air that you should worry about. I'm not sure how large your cellar is, but you can probably get an adequate filter for ~325.00. Personally, I recommend it.

Jeff

This one is supposed to be on sale at Rockler.

Max,

That is what piqued my interest

Larry

As another responder noted, this kind of air filter gets the really fine stuff that hangs in the air, and unless its really thick, you probably don't see it.

I have one in my basement woodshop - from JDS Company. It has an infrared remote, several fan speeds (I always use the highest) and a timer. I usually turn it on and set the timer for 4 hours when I start any work in my shop, and I keep it running as long as I'm there. As I leave the shop, I hit the button again so it runs for 4 hours after I'm finished. I can tell you it catches quite a bit of dust, in spite of the fact that I have and use a central dust collection system connected to all my stationary tools, too.

Placement of the filter matters. The idea is to get a circulating flow around the shop and through the filter. When you purchase one, it should come with instructions that describe those issues, and will help you decide where to put it.

I built mine using a twin squirrel cage blower. It has the three pocket filter (from Penn State), above that is a fine furnace filter then a coarse furnace filter on top to catch chips. The top has holes and can be used as a sanding table or it tilts up for greater air flow.

It sits near my lathe, where I do most of my sanding. I also have a dust collection system which I use when sanding. This air filter still collects a bunch of the fine dust.

NOTE: plan ahead and point the exhaust side in the direction that you don't mind noise.. DAMHIKT

mac

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rockler has a jet afs 1000b air cleaner reg. 229.00 for 189.00 and jet has a 25.00 mail in rebate for this unit.