Air Purifier

Looks great! Thanks for posting. I just picked up a blower last week just for this.

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Nice air cleaner Tom! How well does it work? What micron is the filter bag rated at? I didn’t know the filter bags were that cheap or I would have incorporated one into my filter project.

Thanks for posting!

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Great job; kids are truly priceless!

I love it. Like the design around the rafters. I need to do that in mine shop as well, the ceilings are a little low. I once was moving my clamps around, I hit one of the florescent lights. BOOM & glass everywhere !!!!! To see me dive to the grd like I was back at the “line of death” in Libya being at shot at, Priceless!

Love the pics of spending time with the kids!!!

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I just dropped the big bucks for performax air cleaner and haven’t even installed it yet. I think your’s is a whole lot cooler and now that I see yours I should have built my own. With that special paint job, mine around $400 and yours pricless.

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Nice job. I’m not there quite yet. Still have my 1HP Jet dust coolector sitting in the corner of my shop, not hooked up.
Looks like one of those storm chasing vehicles. : )

I used a blower from a furnace, they really do the job well. Retired Coastie/Mike D. Has it right they usually throw them away or have many used ones on hand and are happy to sell them at a very reduced rate or give it to you. Nice Idea…..now hmmmmmm. how to use the bag filter on mine?
Thanks for the post.

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I like the fact that you have the bags. I need to work something like that out on mine.

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Fun story and good build,hope it works ok?

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Great air filter. I have a store-bought one in my shop and would like to add a secend air filter. You can never have too little dust in the shop. Your pictures inspired me to build my next one.

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Bottom line – how does it work? I have been thinking of making mine with a duct blower (420 cfm). Anybody have any input on that?

Hi everyone, thanks for the comments. The most common question is “does it work?” Well, I think so. It definitely moves air, you can feel it when you walk by, but as far as picking up loose dust I’m not sure. I was hoping to see some dust trapped in the filter, but I have only used it for about 4 hours and haven’t noticed anything. At first I thought it wasn’t working, but then I thought if I clog up a filter in 4 hours, I’ll be replacing them every other day. So the jury is still out on this one. I do know it certainly is moving air. Whether its picking all the dust out of the air, I’m not sure. For any of you who already own one, how long do the filters last?

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