Air Scrubber

Ugly doesn’t matter if it works. Just throw some paint on it.

Nice job!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

nice job

built one myself a couple of years ago, used a furnace fan for the blower it really makes a difference in the ammount of small particles floating around in the air especially when sanding

jay angel

-- "not all those who wander are lost" JRR tolken

Ugly is a matter of opinion…..if it keeps the dust outta your lungs it’s a beautiful thing.

-- Evil can only thrive when good men do nothing.......E. Burke

Eddy,

This is a very interesting project. I am sure that you built it for far less than it would have cost to buy a “pretty” one. Take the money you saved and put it into a new tool.

Nice project. Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Air scrubbers are wonderful, even if they dont win beauty pageants!! Great job, thanks for the post!!

-- Pat, Colorado

Great post…Dave says its best “Its a beautiful thing if it keep the inside clean”...Blkcherry

You could always get a Taz sticker just call it “the bad A$$ sucker” :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Hey that looks familiar! It’s amazing how much air those high volume rotron fans move, isn’t it? You did good! Good job on the toggles!

-- Kalamazoo, MI

Like Gary said; Throw some paint on it. Then turn it on and as you see the dust disappear it will get prettier, and prettier.

-- JJohn

you could always call it “the Fugly Fan”

Nice job though and if does what it is supposed to do , then you can call it
“Mission Accomplished” and breathe easy !!!

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Great job. I’ve got a commercial one but I’d like to make a couple more because of the size of the shop and the air movement. inside.

I’m looking for discarded furnace blowers to save on the cost.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Well as we used to say …”She may be ugly but she sure can dance” ....

good job …

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

Ok I am pretty dumb …what is a ROTRON FAN …is that a fan used in industrial applications, AC units and etc?
Are they expensive …where can I get one or more …looks like
Eddy the Flow used 3 fans ?
I like the idea and I know i can make an uglier one than that …lol

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

Gator, I am not sure where they use Rotron Fans, it’s a brand…......it’s an axial fan like you have in your PC’s, but a lot more powerful. I used 3 in mine as well when I built mine a couple yrs ago. You can see it up close here…

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/392

-- Kalamazoo, MI

oh btw, does anyone know how necessary it really is to ground an air scrubber? i realized a while after i wired everything together that i don’t have the scrubber grounded at all.. any electricians in the house?

-- Eddie. Columbus, OH --

I like it! If and when I get the time to get back to the garage, one of these would be a very fitting project to start with. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim, Fresno, Ca

i just used the ground wire to the motor for grounding, should be all you need if there is no exposed metal which could connect to the juice.

jay angel

-- "not all those who wander are lost" JRR tolken