Air Circulator

[Jeff Ivers]

I recently replaced a furnace and air conditioning unit. Since the installer didn't offer anything for the old unit, I decided to recycle and repurpose what I could. Most went to the recyclers. However, I took the old furnace unit, cut it down, turned it upside down to create an upflow and turned it into an air circulator for the shop. My hope is that I can turn this on when doing those dust creating tasks and pull much of the dust into air filters, reducing the shop filth. Haven't yet had the time to try it out.

I started by cutting down the main cabinet.

This shows the upside down remainer of the cabinet with the cut off part to the right.

This shows the 3/4 inch tubing frame I made for the bottom of the cabinet and an insert panel to form the bottom of the air filter compartment.

The finished bottom

The finished air circulator.

 

[Stick Figure]

Looks good, I'll be curious to see how it works. I have recently been reading on these and seems like the general feeling is to put them higher up towards the ceiling. No real first hand experience to contribute though.

 

[gahrajmahal]

You are going to be surprised at the air volume you get out of this, and quiet operation. You made a nice and Safe version of this. I am a bit jealous. Great job!

 

[Jeff Ivers]

I considered that issue, but don't really have the option of placing this higher in the shop. Much of what creates a problem for me is chop saw and grinding work which I usually do very low to the floor. Therefore, I am hopeful this will work - I will post results when I have had a chance to put this to the test.

Looks good, I'll be curious to see how it works. I have recently been reading on these and seems like the general feeling is to put them higher up towards the ceiling. No real first hand experience to contribute though.

 

[grego]

Very nice, I just bought a squirrel cage blower motor to make one. I was planning it to be on the rafters but that was more because of floor space issues than circulation. I have a gaint fan to make it circulate if I need to. I think I need more of a fume exacuator that goes thru the roof and takes all the fumes and kicks them straight up and out.