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I like the metal case. I made mine out of 3/4 MDF and hung it from the ceiling, yours is much more refined. Nice job!

One thing I did was use a rotary timer switch so I could leave it running in the shop when I go up for dinner & for 10-15 minutes to really scrub the air. I also put two filters on the intake, a nice HEPA inside of a cheaper paper filter to catch the big particles then the smaller ones. I don’t have a filter on the output end.

-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

Very Ingenious! Thanks for sharing.

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

nicely done, easy replacement of filters too… inspiring.

how big is the entire unit? ho well does it work? do you feel the difference immediately? in the long run? I’m contemplating of building one of those out of ply/mdf the moment I get my hands on a blower assembly of some sort and could use the input. thanks

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Hersh, the timer isn’t a bad idea, I forgot all about them. Purp, I just built the unit according to the physical size of the blower, and whats available in a generic size for furnace filters, I haven’t tried it yet in a dusty enviroment, but I see no reason why it shouldn’t work well. The price was right, and so are the filters, plus it’s portable, and could be used in home remodels. It could be built without the mobile base and hung from the cieling, I just chose to go this route because I allready have a brand name air filtration machine hanging out in the main shop, but between you and me I think filters for those things are outrageous.

Wow woodchuck1957…VERY nice indeed….imo it looks higher quality than most store bought units. Very nice indeed.

-- Don S.E. OK

I too built one for the ceiling about 4years ago out of a furnace motor over my lathe and ran duct work to the other end of the shop where I hung the blower and I had the 2 filters over the lathe. Works great. Cost me about 15 bucks, I change the filters weekly or sometimes more. They get dirty fast. I made another without duct work I’m hanging from the ceiling in my main shop. Am going to Put two filters on two sides and none where the air comes out as that end of the blower is sealed to the out side of the box. They work perfect. Cost is minimal. I think I will put timers on both I didn’t before, great idea. Yours looks professionally made. Very cool.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

This is a great looking unit that will go a long way toward improving the air in your shop. This is one of the better designs that I have seen posted.

Nice job.

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

I found a timer switch that should fit and work perfectly, thanks for the reminder Hersh. Gotta luv it.

Thanks woodchuck

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Great job…it looks like a commercial unit.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

You have some serious sheetmetal skills. Looks great.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

Well, I apreciate the comments, but I know how this place can be, alot of people here like to sugar coat other peoples achievements. I have sent basically the same information and pictures to a few local longtime friends, that are in the construction trades, and to close relation that would understand it. After almost a week, not a one reply, good or bad. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to have spent all that time on makeing this thing. But yet, I still continue to work on it, yesterday I bought a electronic timer switch, like what was mentioned earlier in this post, and bought some material to make a grill for the exhaust so no one sticks their hands or fingers in it. Then I’ll be freakin done with it, and I can move on to some other mindless crap that not many people care about. I’ve had the same experience with woodworking, people don’t understand the time it takes, and by the time I’m done, I’m lucky if I made $5 an hour. It gets old, REALLY OLD.

Woodchuck
Don’t beat yourself for your acheivements! It is people like me that learn from people like you and the other SKILLED pros here. I bookmark them and hopefully will someday be able to show some of mine with pride also:o)
Thanks to you and the others for all the wisdom, ingenuity, and postings.
Smokey

Well, this morning I finished it up, I mounted a electronic timer switch, and installed the grill I was working on earlier this week. Now it’s officially a done deal.

Smokey, thats great for you and everyone else, but it doesn’t do me much good.

”. . .by the time I’m done, I’m lucky if I made $5 an hour. . . ”
I’m glad I’m not the only one.
That’s one reason I almost always wind up regretting it when I take a project on just for the money.
Much more fun when I am doing a project I WANT to do for someone I WANT to do it for.
But—that gets expensive.
Back on topic—
I like your unit. Been thinking of doing something similar out of an old ‘swamp cooler’.
Glad to see on that too I am not too far off the wall.

-- Those who insist it can't be done - should politely refrain from interrupting those who are doing it.

That’s a nice unit. Is that a UHMW top?

-- Ed

I don’t know what UHMW is, but it is a solid surface top. On another note, I just weighed the whole unit, and it comes in at 86 lbs.

A great looking design. Nice job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Woodchuck, that is one fantastic looking unit, and I bet it performs as good as it looks. You put the ‘commercial’ guys to shame! Thanks for sharing this with us.

-- Chip -- Manchester, Connecticut "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

UHMW=Ultra High Molecular Weight —- polyethylene—-
Very smooth—very solid—and VERY SLICK surface often used in router table fences, table saw jigs etc.
Im guessing a sheet that large and thick would be pricey—
Just a wild guess without actually seeing it—but my first guess would be it is some variation of Corian – Dupont’s solid surface counter material.
Whatever it is—it adds some definite style to the unit—
—as has been mentioned by many—- way cool.

-- Those who insist it can't be done - should politely refrain from interrupting those who are doing it.

Yep, it reminds me alot of the cutting boards I used when I was a meat cutter, and when I cut it on the tablesaw the shaveings looked to me like it could be poly, like a milk jug. The material is 3/4” thick, it cuts and routes nice.