Air Filtration

[wfahey]

How many of you are running an Air Filtration system in your shop? I have read all kinds of articles about how great they are at keeping the dust out of your lungs but then I have read where some people install them and then just stop using them.

I am honestly amazed at the amount of fine dust that settles all over everything when I walk back into the shop (garage) then next morning after I have spent the previous day working in there.

[Seamus]

I don't have one in mine as I live on the edge of the sea and in the trade winds, I open the doors at both ends of the shop and it all blows out, along with everything else not held down. Although my wife is getting a bit annoyed about the garden, it is covered in a fine layer of dust,

[EricJ]

I've used little fan based ones in my shop and they do help. For ease of use might consider wiring them into a switch that's near an entrance or something. That way you can just turn it on when you go into the shop and turn it off when you leave.

I've read that it's better to let it run after you're done making dust, to get whatever is hanging in the air when you leave. So maybe a timer switch or something would make that more user friendly.

[wfahey]

Thanks Eric.

Makes sense to let it run for awhile to capture what is suspended in the air. The one I am looking at has a remote (something to lose) and I believe a timer as well. Just hope it is not too loud and I like to listen to music while I am in the shop.

[muddy]

Right now I use a box fan with 2 filters on it, pleated filters not those cheap 99¢ ones.
I'm keeping an eye out for a good price on a used one until I finally get my shop reorganized and I check out about ripping the roof off and building higher. By then if I don't have one I'm buying a new one.
Just by using the box fan I couldn't believe how dirty the filter got on just one day.
For those who don't think its worth it to get a air filtration system in their shop should try the low dollar approach and see what they catch in the filter. I'm sure they would be surprised.

[thintz]

I have a Powermatic PM1200 air filter in my shop and do let it run while and after I do something very dusty like sanding. It does a very good job of cleaning the air quickly because of its power and the unique filter arrangement. See the link below for my reivew that goes in to detail about the filters and such.

I was still smoking (40 years worth) back then so I was coughing alot anyway and any dust in the air made that way worse. The PM1200 made life in the shop easier for me then and even more so now that I am four years smoke free.


See the PM1200 Review