This was featured in an issue of workbench, and i have wanted to build it since i read the article. The fan came out of an old furnace that my wife's cousins had replaced, but i know could be found at any local heating and AC repair place.
I have about 130 bux into it, the plywood was import 13 ply 3/4" birch, that wasnt too bad, not baltic birch by any stretch, but, i will be building all future shop carts out of it. $38 per sheet at my local lumberyard. The mat came from lowes ($20), the power cord is 12' of 12-2 with ground, bulk extension cord ($8 on clearance BTW) 4 bux for the male plug, 2 boxes of drywall screws, ($3), small bottle of titebond 2, ($3), the filters were of the 3 micron variety on clearance for 4 bux each, and a quart of satin poly for 6 bux.
Now the pics:
The heart of the beast!! the web frame holds the filters up, and the cleats just above that hold them down, and also hold the swiss cheese top up, you can count the holes if you want, but there is 384 1" holes in it, (which BTW takes 2 1/2 hours and 2 cups of iced tea to drill, lol) I pretty much crawled to the house after drilling all of them, i used a not so great spade that i had. GLAD I SAVED THE 5 DOLLARS ON A NEW 1" SPADE BIT!!!
heres the filters installed, note the access panel that is not glued for future maintenence, good thinking on Workbenchs' part
Here's the final product, she'll pull smoke from 18" above the top, not too shabby, if i decide thats not enough i can always rewire the fan to high (its on medium now). Also note the storage for all my sanding goodies, gets that stuff out of all of my other precious storage place and puts it near where i'll be using it
What really gets me is how quiet it is, all you hear is the air moving, if anybody has considered a similar project i will highly reccomend this one, (I will also highly reccomend buying a new TOP O' THE LINE 1" spade bit)
Thanks for looking,
Kevin
I have about 130 bux into it, the plywood was import 13 ply 3/4" birch, that wasnt too bad, not baltic birch by any stretch, but, i will be building all future shop carts out of it. $38 per sheet at my local lumberyard. The mat came from lowes ($20), the power cord is 12' of 12-2 with ground, bulk extension cord ($8 on clearance BTW) 4 bux for the male plug, 2 boxes of drywall screws, ($3), small bottle of titebond 2, ($3), the filters were of the 3 micron variety on clearance for 4 bux each, and a quart of satin poly for 6 bux.
Now the pics:
The heart of the beast!! the web frame holds the filters up, and the cleats just above that hold them down, and also hold the swiss cheese top up, you can count the holes if you want, but there is 384 1" holes in it, (which BTW takes 2 1/2 hours and 2 cups of iced tea to drill, lol) I pretty much crawled to the house after drilling all of them, i used a not so great spade that i had. GLAD I SAVED THE 5 DOLLARS ON A NEW 1" SPADE BIT!!!
heres the filters installed, note the access panel that is not glued for future maintenence, good thinking on Workbenchs' part
Here's the final product, she'll pull smoke from 18" above the top, not too shabby, if i decide thats not enough i can always rewire the fan to high (its on medium now). Also note the storage for all my sanding goodies, gets that stuff out of all of my other precious storage place and puts it near where i'll be using it
What really gets me is how quiet it is, all you hear is the air moving, if anybody has considered a similar project i will highly reccomend this one, (I will also highly reccomend buying a new TOP O' THE LINE 1" spade bit)
Thanks for looking,
Kevin
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