I was on my way to building a cart style filter like this with 2x4 corners and then I found your video with the squirrel cage blower. Best design I've seen yet, definitely going this way!
Jay I just made this and I have to say it does a great job and puts out a tremendous amount of air to keep cool. Used it on an outside project and it made a huge difference. Thanks for the video!!!
@@mooresmade I know. Prices on that stuff have doubled in my area within the last six to nine months. 1/8 inch is available, but it’s going for the price of yesterday’s 18mm!
I was literally 5 minutes away from tearing apart my old blower for scrap metal because I needed more room in my shop then thought, "Hey, wait a minute, I bet i could make some sort of dust collection with it!" .. checked a few other videos and though "Damn, these people are sure complicating things!" ... Then came across your video which is more along the lines of what I was thinking, just hadn't thought about making it a cart for my planer and tossing its useless legs! THANKS! I LOVE YOU!! (I just said that to balance the fact that my girlfriend is going to really hate you since I'm going to be to busy building this to take her out tomorrow night... LOL!!)
I built an air cleaner from a furnace fan about six years ago and it gets moved around my shop were its needed, and im sure you will enjoy the cool air it provides, nice build Jay.
Super helpful. I found this through a comment on Izzy Swan’s video on box fan vs air filtration. This gives me a great idea on how to turn dead space from a shop cart into usable air filtration and shop cart.
Man I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you giving this stuff. And while I understand it helps your brand I still really appreciate you giving this stuff away free. I'm a college student and I just started a woodworking business about 6 months ago and your stuff has been a big inspiration and has been really helpful to me along the way. So thanks a lot for all you do man.
Jay, I made one years ago using an old AC blower was happy w/it then saw a video stating these blowers worked better AGAINST restrictions (duct friction) it was hard to believe, I went down to shop & placed a small board partially in front of discharge - - - the fan increased in speed just doing that & now motor does run cooler. AFTER TESTING I installed a board partially covering discharge opening - - still using same , works great
Hi Jay, I just built an air filter system just like yours. I had a squirrel fan set up that I used. It is a little bit noisy but works great. I used 4 filters with a mere patting of 11. I now have bought some new filters that are better. Any way the system works great. I put in a switch from a swamp cooler that I can select the 2 speeds of the blower. I also have a remote control that I can push a button an the remote to turn it off and on. Thanks for doing this video. Works great.
Great design and build. I also went with a cart instead of hanging it. I wired an outlet next to the switch which has come in very handy. Thanks for all your videos. You are a great teacher!
You may find that it is more effective and less likely to blow the floor dust if you mount it on the ceiling. I also added a less expensive poly media (white) to trap the large dust and give the pleated filters more life.. One of the BEST improvements made to any shop. I have mine turn on when the lights are on. Another GREAT build Jay!!!
Its been so fun watching your shop grow one custom piece at a time, Your editing is incredible including the music, I dont know why but when you sync the music to the nail gun it really makes the video come together for me. Keep it up.
I also watched your other video on building this. I am now on the lookout for a furnace motor for the container conversion woodshop I am building on my channel. Thanks for the awesome idea!
I just salvaged a furnace blower and was thinking of throwing it in the attic to filter the garage from the top. Your design is giving me second thoughts though, great build!
Brilliant detailing, great execution. I would have wired the cart to be a power supply with auxiliary outlets and the switch in one box. You free up wall outlets with less cords on the floor.
It would be so awesome if you had a playlist which covered electrical. That way, you could teach those of us who want to learn, the basics... ...And, the electrical portions of builds like this.
Jay, I LOVE this idea.. I do more mechanical work these days due to, well, many things, but I am going to build the same thing, only I will use the top for more of a tool tray. Maybe even put a drawer in it.... Living in Florida, I need all the air movement I can get.. When I am doing any cutting I can simply pop a few air filters in and maybe not have such an issue with wood dust kicking my allergic but!! This is a great idea buddy.. I LOVE IT!!!!
I've been using a fan like that as an extractor for when I paint body panels... They can move a tremendous amount of air. You've come up with a really slick way to package the blower. I might have to borrow this idea Jay. Thanks.
Well that solves another 2 problem I had for my shop. Great job Jay ... Has the blower cart traveled on it's own when you power it up... You know like a jet engine and if so will you put 2 locking casters on it.. Always learning never boring...Protect your DIGITS
Very nice. I installed a Jet unit on my ceiling in my shop a few years ago and it is unbelievable what it traps. My filter is 12x24 and I am cleaning/replacing it a lot. Your unit looks to move more air than mine but has a lot more filter area, but I have a feeling that yours will work great. Good job.
Back in 2012 I inherited a belt driven double squirrel cage blower. I thought I could repurpose it by making a dust collector. When I was done I was disappointed that it was so large, 3x3x3, and felt embarrassed that I had built such a weird looking apparatus that I knew someone would comment on at my expense. But now I feel validated seeing that someone else had in mind a nearly identical project. The resemblance is uncanny, but I guess necessity is the mother of invention and she certainly has her fingerprint on all things woodworking. I affectionately call it my Hewlett-Packard 5710A dual column gas chromatograph with flame ionization. My cousin Vinny turbo charged it.
I'm going to build one of these! I have a small shop that needs more filtration and another flat area to put my new benchtop planer! Great idea Subbed!
Great build! I sure could use an air cleaner. Adding an auxiliary outlet would increase the usefulness even more, that way your planer could stay plugged into the cart, as well as any other tool that you might want to use near it.
You did well to design around a blower that can be regulated down from its maximum capacity. For a larger shop I built 2 units using attic vent fans. They're unbearably noisy but, boy, do they filter some air in a hurry. They were hung from the ceiling when I had a mezzanine for access but now I'd like to use them as roll-arounds. Overkill. Be advised, fellow woodworkers.
Thank you for very well done and useful video. I was looking to build a filter using simple fan, akin to those done by Matthias Wandel or John Heisz. May still use fan, along with great ideas here. Blown away by the quiet when you turned it on.
This is super cool! My only concern is something poking right through the filter. I would have to put some type of guard over the filter to keep me from sending a piece of lumber right into the motor!
Jay, I love all your videos. Thanks for the inspiration on getting my own shop up to speed. Lastly, I grew up across the river (in Windsor) so I too was raised on all the Detroit sports teams, especially the Lions & Tigers, love all the flags in your shop. Keep up all the great and inspiring videos. Thanks again.
My heater guy just gave me a blower motor for this same project after seeing this video. He did say one thing he'd suggest, is to block off part "up to about 1/4 of the opening" to provide some "back pressure" for the motor, which the motor is built to have and it will last a lot longer. This mimics the back pressure the motor operates in when blowing through duct work in a house HVAC system.
I know this is a necropost, but I'm catching up on all your stuff - love it. First of all, thanks for the clean edit. I don't know if people realize how much work goes into post than doing the actual "work". So thank you. Also, it's incredibly timely because I was getting ready to throw out the blower asI'm converting to a hybrid unit (love those!!!) I'm so thankful I watched this video. I have everything I need sans filters to make this. My wife will be pleasantly surprised when she doesn't find a layer of dust on boxes of grocery we have in the garage.
I love watching a Jay Bates video when I'm already planning on making the same device. I have a furnace blower from my home swap out and I watched the pen turning video earlier. Enough RUclips for today.
You might think about adding an air register at the bottom so that you can direct the air flow up, down, or sideways. If you got a double sided one you could split the airflow in two directions.
Thanks for the great idea. Just upgrade furnace motor and have the old one that still works. I was thinking on making some sort of swamp cooler with it but this just changed my plans!
best air filtration idea I've seen yet. simple construction, inexpensive, mobile, and multipurpose! I was thinking some sort of diffuser at the output since it moves so much air? thanks for the inspiration!
I love that 2x10 idea for better grade lumber, hope the big box stores don't catch on. I like the simplicity/practicality of this design idea. A great convenience, I think, might be to wire an outlet strip through the same cord and attach it to one of the vertical columns, it would conveniently power the planer. I'm guessing "time will tell", but as a comfort fan it seems like flipping the unit over would be more comfortable.
That thing looks like it is a beast! I really like how "clean" of a design it is and at the same time it doesn't take up anymore of a footprint. Keep up the good work!
Nice job Jay on the design I will be building one in the near future to do both clean the air and a work as a sanding station. God knows I do a lot of sanding I guess we all do.
This is exactly my design I came up a few days ago, but you did it 3 years earlier! Hope it works well. My plan is to use a regular fan and pump it straight down, though.
It looks good. I like multipurpose projects for the shop. I could not tell from the video but do the wheels lock. That would be a good feature when using the planer? Hope you provide an update to let us know how well the filter system works after being used for awhile.
Awesome job, Jay! I have a Grizzly hanging from my ceiling now, but if I had the space and didn't have anything yet, this would be my first go-to design to base mine off of.
Your cart design is brilliant! I see yet another shop project in my near future.. Now that you have is complete, you need to give some good test runs and le us all know how well it works. as well as any changes you might make if you did it again.
Nice work! I have a blower I was planning to make a hanging unit from but recently picked up one at a great price. I might just go ahead and do this with it. Can't hurt to have more filtration!
Great build and design but may I recommend using a graded filter system , it's so much more efficient. , So on the outside you have a rough Honeycombe sponge than an inch of prefilter rated at G3 or G4 and then you're first panel filter. Prefilled is so important but the manufacturers don't mention this because they want you to continually buy new panels which instantly clog up with large particles.
I like your idea. I'm in the process of making one as well. Got my motor just need to build the cabinet. My idea is to reverse the airflow and made a down draft sanding table. Hope it works well.
Great work Jay! This is actually really helpful. I want to build a cart that I can put in between the two fences of my table saw for a spot to put my planer. I'd probably put it on casters too so I can roll it in and out of the table saw fences when I need to make a big cut. Thanks, Peter
Love the cloning you do. I have been throwing around thoughts on how to do this. Thanks for a walk through on what you did. It definitely will give me some things to think about in my application. I was thinking of doing a ceiling setup, but I may now change that. Love your videos and podcasts Jay. Been a supporter for a while now, and you are usually the first go to for ideas to look at for my own applications.
What is the best air filter? I bought a huge whole house style ceiling mounted exhaust fan. Replaced the motor with a 3 phase unit with variable frequency drive so I could turn it up or down. Rather then filter the air I am sending it outside. I do see the value in having an actual air filter like this though. If it is vary hot or vary cold I will not want to draw in outside air due to sucking the air from inside out. But much of the yr on nice days I can crank up my huge fan and get the dirty air out of the shop and not need to replace filters as often.
Great stuff man! All of it, video and woodworking really well done. Just picked up a couple blowers and was looking to see how others have done this. Glad I came across your work!
Great video. Wouldn't it be a good idea to put locking wheels or a brake on the cart for when you use the planer? It just seems like a safety feature you would have thought about all ready.
nice Jay I have a basement shop and need a filtration unit this will work for me also I have some what low ceilings and me being 6ft well you can see what my worries where think I will do this to and I have a plainer also that needs a place to sit great project thx
Since you bought 6 filters from Amazon, 4 filters is over kill and you have 2 extra filters. You could eliminate the front filter and make that a solid plywood piece that way you have 3 extra filters for next filter change.
Well done Jay. Time will tell but I'm wondering if you should make something to direct the air up rather than straight out at the floor level. I can see it creating a dust cloud when you turn it on. Awesome job!
Great and cleanly executed project! No 2x4's though? Wish I was nearby so I could give you some... I could scrounge up 20 a week around here. Great for jigs and shop projects!
Hi Jay, nice project! I like the idea of making a air cleaner yourself, saves a whole lot of money, and works just as well, or maybe even a little bit better compared to the commercially available ones. Thanks for sharing, regards from a fellow YT maker from the Netherlands.
I just wanted to follow up... I made this 3 weeks ago now and absolutely LOVE this cart! ...I had a long steel cart on wheels that I cut square and welded back together, then pretty much did exactly what he did inside of it. The first week i didn't even bother making the clips to hold the filters on, I just had a little piece of duct tape and the second I turned the switch on, the vacuum would suck the filters tightly in place! (I've made proper clips since). I expected this to work well, but it far passed my expectations and is quiet to boot!
Is there an arrow on those filters for direction of airflow? The cardboard reinforcement usually goes on the fan side to prevent the filter from being sucked into the blower as it gets dirty. I think I'll be adapting this for my shop in the near future.
This is the first time my 7-year old son has seen one of your videos. He was more than impressed by your cloned self.
I was on my way to building a cart style filter like this with 2x4 corners and then I found your video with the squirrel cage blower. Best design I've seen yet, definitely going this way!
Jay I just made this and I have to say it does a great job and puts out a tremendous amount of air to keep cool. Used it on an outside project and it made a huge difference. Thanks for the video!!!
I really like how compact the cart is. nice design and build Jay.
+frank howarth thanks Frank :)
LOL, I love how his 'scrap' plywood looks better than the new plywood I have available from the store.
I’m also jealous about his wood
Especially now in 2021! Baltic birch? Get out of here! 1/8” of any grade of plywood? Get real!
@@mooresmade I know. Prices on that stuff have doubled in my area within the last six to nine months.
1/8 inch is available, but it’s going for the price of yesterday’s 18mm!
I was literally 5 minutes away from tearing apart my old blower for scrap metal because I needed more room in my shop then thought, "Hey, wait a minute, I bet i could make some sort of dust collection with it!" .. checked a few other videos and though "Damn, these people are sure complicating things!" ... Then came across your video which is more along the lines of what I was thinking, just hadn't thought about making it a cart for my planer and tossing its useless legs! THANKS! I LOVE YOU!! (I just said that to balance the fact that my girlfriend is going to really hate you since I'm going to be to busy building this to take her out tomorrow night... LOL!!)
I built an air cleaner from a furnace fan about six years ago and it gets moved around my shop were its needed, and im sure you will enjoy the cool air it provides, nice build Jay.
Super helpful. I found this through a comment on Izzy Swan’s video on box fan vs air filtration. This gives me a great idea on how to turn dead space from a shop cart into usable air filtration and shop cart.
Man I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you giving this stuff. And while I understand it helps your brand I still really appreciate you giving this stuff away free. I'm a college student and I just started a woodworking business about 6 months ago and your stuff has been a big inspiration and has been really helpful to me along the way. So thanks a lot for all you do man.
I love the simplicity of the rabit s on the 2X4s! sweet idea!
Jay, I made one years ago using an old AC blower was happy w/it then saw a video stating these blowers worked better AGAINST restrictions (duct friction) it was hard to believe, I went down to shop & placed a small board partially in front of discharge - - - the fan increased in speed just doing that & now motor does run cooler. AFTER TESTING I installed a board partially covering discharge opening - - still using same , works great
Hi Jay, I just built an air filter system just like yours. I had a squirrel fan set up that I used. It is a little bit noisy but works great. I used 4 filters with a mere patting of 11. I now have bought some new filters that are better. Any way the system works great. I put in a switch from a swamp cooler that I can select the 2 speeds of the blower. I also have a remote control that I can push a button an the remote to turn it off and on. Thanks for doing this video. Works great.
Looks great and functional, also great job on the video editing.
Love the idea of filters on 4 sides and a handy cart, nicely done. I have looked at a bunch of designs and this makes the most sense so far.
Dean Hallal
Frank Howarth has a similar design too. Check it out if you haven't yet =)
Nice build on a very useful thing to have in your shop. Great job Jay.
Great design and build. I also went with a cart instead of hanging it. I wired an outlet next to the switch which has come in very handy. Thanks for all your videos. You are a great teacher!
You may find that it is more effective and less likely to blow the floor dust if you mount it on the ceiling. I also added a less expensive poly media (white) to trap the large dust and give the pleated filters more life.. One of the BEST improvements made to any shop. I have mine turn on when the lights are on. Another GREAT build Jay!!!
Its been so fun watching your shop grow one custom piece at a time, Your editing is incredible including the music, I dont know why but when you sync the music to the nail gun it really makes the video come together for me. Keep it up.
I also watched your other video on building this. I am now on the lookout for a furnace motor for the container conversion woodshop I am building on my channel. Thanks for the awesome idea!
+the Von Thompsons
Always thought containers would make a great workshop. You just got another subscriber!
+Pete G Thanks Pete!
Got a free blower motor from my furnace installer and am ready to go! Thanks for this video, Jay!
Your video was exactly what I needed. I was overthinking how I was going to make my air cleaner. Thanks for a well done article.
I just salvaged a furnace blower and was thinking of throwing it in the attic to filter the garage from the top. Your design is giving me second thoughts though, great build!
Brilliant detailing, great execution. I would have wired the cart to be a power supply with auxiliary outlets and the switch in one box. You free up wall outlets with less cords on the floor.
It would be so awesome if you had a playlist which covered electrical.
That way, you could teach those of us who want to learn, the basics...
...And, the electrical portions of builds like this.
Jay.
Jay.
Jay.
You've totally given me ideas for my temporary paint booth.
Jay, I LOVE this idea.. I do more mechanical work these days due to, well, many things, but I am going to build the same thing, only I will use the top for more of a tool tray. Maybe even put a drawer in it.... Living in Florida, I need all the air movement I can get.. When I am doing any cutting I can simply pop a few air filters in and maybe not have such an issue with wood dust kicking my allergic but!! This is a great idea buddy.. I LOVE IT!!!!
I've been using a fan like that as an extractor for when I paint body panels... They can move a tremendous amount of air. You've come up with a really slick way to package the blower. I might have to borrow this idea Jay. Thanks.
I now have a plan for my own filter system, thanks to you for explaining the details.
I've had an old blower motor kicking around for years that I've meant to do something with--kudos for gettin' stuff done.
Added to my todo list:"find a furnace blower". That's a great cart. Will make one for sure.
Well that solves another 2 problem I had for my shop. Great job Jay ... Has the blower cart traveled on it's own when you power it up... You know like a jet engine and if so will you put 2 locking casters on it.. Always learning never boring...Protect your DIGITS
Very nice. I installed a Jet unit on my ceiling in my shop a few years ago and it is unbelievable what it traps. My filter is 12x24 and I am cleaning/replacing it a lot. Your unit looks to move more air than mine but has a lot more filter area, but I have a feeling that yours will work great. Good job.
Probably the easiest and quickest air filter build I've found on RUclips...I want to build one for the chimney removal job I have coming up
Back in 2012 I inherited a belt driven double squirrel cage blower. I thought I could repurpose it by making a dust collector. When I was done I was disappointed that it was so large, 3x3x3, and felt embarrassed that I had built such a weird looking apparatus that I knew someone would comment on at my expense. But now I feel validated seeing that someone else had in mind a nearly identical project. The resemblance is uncanny, but I guess necessity is the mother of invention and she certainly has her fingerprint on all things woodworking.
I affectionately call it my Hewlett-Packard 5710A dual column gas chromatograph with flame ionization. My cousin Vinny turbo charged it.
If you find the motor is getting overly hot, INCREASE restriction. These need a certain amount of static pressure to work efficiently. Nice work.
I'm going to build one of these! I have a small shop that needs more filtration and another flat area to put my new benchtop planer! Great idea Subbed!
Great build! I sure could use an air cleaner. Adding an auxiliary outlet would increase the usefulness even more, that way your planer could stay plugged into the cart, as well as any other tool that you might want to use near it.
You did well to design around a blower that can be regulated down from its maximum capacity. For a larger shop I built 2 units using attic vent fans. They're unbearably noisy but, boy, do they filter some air in a hurry. They were hung from the ceiling when I had a mezzanine for access but now I'd like to use them as roll-arounds. Overkill. Be advised, fellow woodworkers.
Nice Jay. I was waiting to see if after it was assembled if the fan would still fit in or not. It has happened to me before!
Great space saving design, and even better to get some air on the hot days.
Thank you for very well done and useful video. I was looking to build a filter using simple fan, akin to those done by Matthias Wandel or John Heisz. May still use fan, along with great ideas here. Blown away by the quiet when you turned it on.
This is super cool! My only concern is something poking right through the filter. I would have to put some type of guard over the filter to keep me from sending a piece of lumber right into the motor!
Jay, I love all your videos. Thanks for the inspiration on getting my own shop up to speed. Lastly, I grew up across the river (in Windsor) so I too was raised on all the Detroit sports teams, especially the Lions & Tigers, love all the flags in your shop. Keep up all the great and inspiring videos. Thanks again.
My heater guy just gave me a blower motor for this same project after seeing this video. He did say one thing he'd suggest, is to block off part "up to about 1/4 of the opening" to provide some "back pressure" for the motor, which the motor is built to have and it will last a lot longer.
This mimics the back pressure the motor operates in when blowing through duct work in a house HVAC system.
Nice, quick, very useable project. Space saving, multi-use. Nice presentation, Great Video.
This is going in my shop. I've got the same blower sitting around and the same 735. Thanks Jay.
I know this is a necropost, but I'm catching up on all your stuff - love it. First of all, thanks for the clean edit. I don't know if people realize how much work goes into post than doing the actual "work". So thank you. Also, it's incredibly timely because I was getting ready to throw out the blower asI'm converting to a hybrid unit (love those!!!) I'm so thankful I watched this video. I have everything I need sans filters to make this. My wife will be pleasantly surprised when she doesn't find a layer of dust on boxes of grocery we have in the garage.
I love watching a Jay Bates video when I'm already planning on making the same device.
I have a furnace blower from my home swap out and I watched the pen turning video earlier.
Enough RUclips for today.
You might think about adding an air register at the bottom so that you can direct the air flow up, down, or sideways. If you got a double sided one you could split the airflow in two directions.
+Don Rad not needed. The air flow is about 45 degrees from the floor. It doesn't move dust on the floor at all.
Thanks for the great idea. Just upgrade furnace motor and have the old one that still works. I was thinking on making some sort of swamp cooler with it but this just changed my plans!
Seems like a simple and effective unit pulling air from all sides!
best air filtration idea I've seen yet. simple construction, inexpensive, mobile, and multipurpose! I was thinking some sort of diffuser at the output since it moves so much air? thanks for the inspiration!
Hey man, thats the bomb! I think I will make one myself.
I love that 2x10 idea for better grade lumber, hope the big box stores don't catch on. I like the simplicity/practicality of this design idea. A great convenience, I think, might be to wire an outlet strip through the same cord and attach it to one of the vertical columns, it would conveniently power the planer. I'm guessing "time will tell", but as a comfort fan it seems like flipping the unit over would be more comfortable.
That thing looks like it is a beast! I really like how "clean" of a design it is and at the same time it doesn't take up anymore of a footprint. Keep up the good work!
Glad you made this. I have my old furnace blower in the garage waiting for me.
Nice job Jay on the design I will be building one in the near future to do both clean the air and a work as a sanding station. God knows I do a lot of sanding I guess we all do.
Love the effect at 6:00. Nicely done! You're lucky to be able to have a shop assistant that's (hopefully) always on the same page 😁
Been thinking about a better fan than a 20" box fan. Thinking I can find a used furnace fan easily and build one of these beauties! Thank you!
Great project Jay, and a very informative article on your webpage with extra safety hints. Hope your sinuses clear up real soon.
+dav snow thanks for taking the time to read the article too. Went to the doc finally. I've got bronchitis. It's starting to clear up though.
+Jay Bates Glad you've got a good Doc - and are reducing those long work-shifts. We need you healthy :-D
Smart design!! 👍Very clean, economical and efficient. Thanks for sharing.
This is exactly my design I came up a few days ago, but you did it 3 years earlier! Hope it works well. My plan is to use a regular fan and pump it straight down, though.
It looks good. I like multipurpose projects for the shop. I could not tell from the video but do the wheels lock. That would be a good feature when using the planer? Hope you provide an update to let us know how well the filter system works after being used for awhile.
+Tom Doe no need for locking casters in my setup. The out feed side has no obstructions and will not catch anything.
Awesome job, Jay! I have a Grizzly hanging from my ceiling now, but if I had the space and didn't have anything yet, this would be my first go-to design to base mine off of.
Cool design, this is what I need. Another to do project by Jay
Your cart design is brilliant! I see yet another shop project in my near future..
Now that you have is complete, you need to give some good test runs and le us all know how well it works. as well as any changes you might make if you did it again.
If you get a chance some day with a followup post, I would be interested to know how effective it is in collecting the saw dust.
Very well done. Reclaimed blower motor comes in handy
Nice work! I have a blower I was planning to make a hanging unit from but recently picked up one at a great price. I might just go ahead and do this with it. Can't hurt to have more filtration!
Great build and design but may I recommend using a graded filter system , it's so much more efficient. , So on the outside you have a rough Honeycombe sponge than an inch of prefilter rated at G3 or G4 and then you're first panel filter. Prefilled is so important but the manufacturers don't mention this because they want you to continually buy new panels which instantly clog up with large particles.
Very cool! I was going to build one this summer...but there was THAT sale on an air filter. The rabbets were an excellent idea!
I like your idea. I'm in the process of making one as well. Got my motor just need to build the cabinet. My idea is to reverse the airflow and made a down draft sanding table. Hope it works well.
Great build, Jay! Looks like that thing is going to give you some serious airflow in there.
Great work Jay! This is actually really helpful. I want to build a cart that I can put in between the two fences of my table saw for a spot to put my planer. I'd probably put it on casters too so I can roll it in and out of the table saw fences when I need to make a big cut.
Thanks,
Peter
Love the cloning you do. I have been throwing around thoughts on how to do this. Thanks for a walk through on what you did. It definitely will give me some things to think about in my application. I was thinking of doing a ceiling setup, but I may now change that. Love your videos and podcasts Jay. Been a supporter for a while now, and you are usually the first go to for ideas to look at for my own applications.
Maybe put something on the inlet like a wire mesh to keep unwanted stuff from getting sucked in?
Incredible video.
What is the best air filter? I bought a huge whole house style ceiling mounted exhaust fan. Replaced the motor with a 3 phase unit with variable frequency drive so I could turn it up or down. Rather then filter the air I am sending it outside. I do see the value in having an actual air filter like this though. If it is vary hot or vary cold I will not want to draw in outside air due to sucking the air from inside out. But much of the yr on nice days I can crank up my huge fan and get the dirty air out of the shop and not need to replace filters as often.
Great stuff man! All of it, video and woodworking really well done. Just picked up a couple blowers and was looking to see how others have done this. Glad I came across your work!
It looks like a great addition to your shop.
5:50 that is a cool effect with you commenting on yourself doing the work.
Great video. Wouldn't it be a good idea to put locking wheels or a brake on the cart for when you use the planer? It just seems like a safety feature you would have thought about all ready.
+HomeHaunter1 why? The last cart didn't have locking casters and it worked fine.
This is a great idea! I think I'll do something like this, but I'll use the top for a sanding station.
Thannk you for displaying the POW/MIA logo.
I was thinking of doing the same thing. I have 3 old furnaces! But I always thought it would be way loud.
nice Jay I have a basement shop and need a filtration unit this will work for me also I have some what low ceilings and me being 6ft well you can see what my worries where think I will do this to and I have a plainer also that needs a place to sit great project thx
Enjoyed the video. Those blowers move tons of air.
Cool cart. I would suggest a screen of some sort (window screen perhaps) over the opening for the fax exhaust for safety, however.
Nice project. I have one suspended from the ceiling made with a fan. One day I'll build a down draft sanding table.
Since you bought 6 filters from Amazon, 4 filters is over kill and you have 2 extra filters. You could eliminate the front filter and make that a solid plywood piece that way you have 3 extra filters for next filter change.
Nice job! It may have been said already but I would add a timer so you can leave it on for an hour or so after you leave the shop. Just a thought.
+Hugh Jair I have a timer on it to run while I sleep every night.
I like the build! Given how exposed the impeller is, I think I'd add some wire mesh to the outlet.
Awesome build! Thanks for the idea!
Well done Jay. Time will tell but I'm wondering if you should make something to direct the air up rather than straight out at the floor level. I can see it creating a dust cloud when you turn it on. Awesome job!
+RetroWeld watch today's vlog video :)
+Jay Bates Thanks man. Looks like it works perfectly. :)
Thanks Jay. You just fixed my fan problem.
Love how this one came out, Jay! Simple and smart design as usual. Thanks!
Great and cleanly executed project! No 2x4's though? Wish I was nearby so I could give you some... I could scrounge up 20 a week around here. Great for jigs and shop projects!
Hi Jay, nice project! I like the idea of making a air cleaner yourself, saves a whole lot of money, and works just as well, or maybe even a little bit better compared to the commercially available ones. Thanks for sharing, regards from a fellow YT maker from the Netherlands.
I just wanted to follow up... I made this 3 weeks ago now and absolutely LOVE this cart! ...I had a long steel cart on wheels that I cut square and welded back together, then pretty much did exactly what he did inside of it. The first week i didn't even bother making the clips to hold the filters on, I just had a little piece of duct tape and the second I turned the switch on, the vacuum would suck the filters tightly in place! (I've made proper clips since). I expected this to work well, but it far passed my expectations and is quiet to boot!
Glad you're seeing the benefits of it :)
Is there an arrow on those filters for direction of airflow? The cardboard reinforcement usually goes on the fan side to prevent the filter from being sucked into the blower as it gets dirty. I think I'll be adapting this for my shop in the near future.
+6stringsandapick yes there is an arrow. Cardboard n both sides and a metal mesh on the inside
+6stringsandapick yes there is an arrow. Cardboard n both sides and a metal mesh on the inside
I like it. And great video as usual. You could probably build a simple deflector to keep the air off a dusty floor.