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On Jun 18, 4:06 pm, Kris Krieger wrote:
Chemo the Clown wrote

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On Jun 18, 11:04 am, Kris Krieger wrote:
Hi, ALl, I was wondering whether anyone is familiar with air-
filtration/fume hood type systems suitble for a very small in-home
glassworking bench. Best would be somehting that coudl be lifted
onto
the
working surface during soldering/grinding (tho' I intend to do
most of my grinding outside, as I have a covered porch), then
lifted off and moved when I'm either scoring glass, or using the
table for some other purpose.

TIA!

- Kris

Hakko makes a good fume trap and if you have a way to vent the air
outside you could juririg a stove top exhaust. It's the fumes from
the flux that you need to vent away not from grinding unless you
are grinding dry.

Thanks, I'm looking up their info

((I'm trying to decide whether I should go for a fume hood or fume
collector, or whether I could get away with turning my Miele on and
wiring the nozzle to the desk (it has a HEPA filter and I can get
either super- filter bags, or HEPA bags for "double filtering"), or
whether I should get a window fan (pointed outdoors) and rig up a
duct. Or maybe just get a small folding table and chair and do it
outside before the day heats up too much ))

- Kris

In calculating fan capacity for fume exhaust there are type A and type
B exhaust requirements. Flux fumes are noxious and rated as type A.
That means your fan capacity should be 125 times the face surface area
of your hood. If you have a 24" x 30" hood, you need a fan that draws
625 cubic feet per minute.

That's great info, Thanks! I had no ideal about the calculations. My
work area is currently very small (a 6'X3' folding table with an
additional laminate desk-top, over which I place a 3'X2' Homasote or cork
board, depending upon what I'm doing). So now I can actually calculate
what I need


Many glass artisans (for stained glass and torchworking) have rigged
an overhead hood with an inline duct fan like these:
http://www.vicartglass.com/products/...ts%20fans.html

Thanks for the link! Good stuff.

Dennis Brady
Victorian Art Glass
www.vicartglass.com


The Dragon is amazing...same for the "Cutty Sark" - wow!
Fun site.