I miss building the big boat anchors ... so when I needed a fume
extractor, I thought to build it myself. The store-bought models are
nice, but it's more fun this way!
These images are part of a web page that's not yet built, but since the
issue is here and now ... these are links to the images:
http://wilcoxengineering.com/images/PipeSmall127.jpg
http://wilcoxengineering.com/images/PipeBig127.jpg
http://wilcoxengineering.com/images/FanSmall128.jpg
http://wilcoxengineering.com/images/FanBig128.jpg
What is it?
A trip to Lowe's got me 3" flex pipe about 3' long, and elbow at the end
to point at my soldering project, and a expansion from 3" to 4" to bolt
onto a box. The box is heavy plastic about 7x10x4" from K-Mart. Old 110V
muffin fan that I had in the junk box. The air goes out of the box via
activated carbon filter (less than $5) that's used on the typical
extractors you can purchase.
The fan box is on top of some foam to cut down conducted vibration
noise. I put some foam in the box to make quieter. When running, the
primary noise is the movement of fumes into the pipe.
Not pretty, but it works!
73, Alan
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Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX
570-321-1516
http://WilcoxEngineering.com
Williamsport, PA 17701
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