Woodshop air filtration

JET Air Filtration is all about one thing: Workshop Safety. Air filtration units keep your shop cleaner and safer, and allow you to spend more time in it! They’re fairly simple, unobtrusive machines.

With the JET , this nudges times hourly which is more than adequate even if you have a fairly big workshop. Your workshop air filtration system needs to clean the air in the shop 6-times per hour. This means that the entire volume air in the area needs to pass through the air filtration system at least six times every hour. Go ahead… drain your wallet and get the biggest, baddest, dust collector on the market. Trick it out with the 0. Connect all your machines.

Select from Woodcraft ’s wide assortment of air filtration accessories and filters to optimize your air filter ’s performance. Build a box, cut a big hole in the bottom and install an exhaust fan in it (Photo 2). Air cleaners are big draws. An air cleaner filters out airborne dust particles that escape up-close collection. When sanding, place the unit on the benchtop next to your work.

Our air filtration systems capture of particles as small as microns. Unlike dust collectors, which hook up to machines and trap sawdust, these systems can clean all the air in your shop within minutes. The filters that I used for this air cleaner measure 16x20xso I designed my air cleaner to accommodate this size filter.

As per the cut list in my FREE PLANS, I cut plywood strips wide and use them to create a frame to house the filters. I measure and mark the locations of the filter frames and attach the strips with wood glue and brad. I chose a 24xplatform (square feet of floor space) with 4xcorners. The original air cleaner was ugly, awkward to install via hanging chains, had a switch location which made it hard for my vertically-challenged wife to turn on, and was unsafe due to the exposed blower fan squirrel cage.

Or I could just put the $300. Not only would it clean the air , but it would also help to keep the shop itself cleaner, by catching the dust before it settles. The easiest way to make a low cost air cleaner is to just use a cheap box fan with a furnace air filter attached in some way to the inlet side.

Shawn was able to score a couple old furnace blower motors for free and the smaller of the two was to be the fan for his shop filter. I’m not sure when I’ll get around to making one for my shop but now I know I have a motor for it. Through him, I discovered this fan would work as efficiently in a woodshop air filtration environment as it did in its normal air -handling situation, i. Containing the dust enhances the circulation of fresh and quality air and safeguards you and your employees from allergies. Save floor space and get a consistent supply of fresh, filtered air at a fixed location with these ceiling-mount air cleaners.

They connect to existing wiring for permanent installation and are most effective when placed in the center of the ceiling so air can be distributed evenly. Even with dust collection and air filtration in your shop, some woodworking tasks – such as belt sanding or sawing MDF – generate enough fine dust to require the additional protection of a dust mask or respirator. Disposable dust masks are a lower-cost option, but be sure they have two straps and are rated at least for Nfiltration. Series Filters are easy to install, and don’t require removal for cleaning. Just hit the outside of the filter with compressed air and all of the dust drops down into the lower bag!

We recommend an air cleaner that is capable of filtering the air in your entire shop every ten minutes. To figure the airflow needed for your shop, multiply the length x width x ceiling height. The result is the cubic foot of your shop.

If two units are use it suggested that they be in opposite corners of the room, like this. Then divide this number by ten.