Air filter

[Richard Findley]

I bought a new toy the other day. I was machining some timber and the workshop was just full of dust and everything in it got a good layer of dust on and I thought "this can't be good for me" so I ordered a Jet (to go with my other kit :wink: ) air filter and fitted it above my lathe which is pretty central in the workshop:

To show how effective it is, this is the filter after just 2 1/2 hours of work with it on the lowest setting this morning

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This has convinced me that it is £160 well spent!!!

Cheers

Richard

 

[Bodrighy]

Our club has three of them for 10 lathes and there is very little dust around. They are very efficient. Be careful getting the filters out mind as they are only paper and rip if not careful DAMHIK


Pete

 

[frugal]

Would it not be better if it was turned 90 degrees? It looks like the outflow is up against the wall...

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi Frugal,

I realised this as soon as I put it up. I pulled it forward on it's shelf and it's now working really well. A also remembered to give the walls near it a good hoover before I fitted it otherwise it would have blown more dust into the air than it was sucking up!!!

Cheers

Richard

 

[Jonzjob]

Not the best view of mine, but I swear by it. It's the AFS-1000B with the remote. It was about the same price as yours when I bought it.

It's great to set it on the timer and forget it.

Edit :- I nearly forgot to put the bloomin pikky in!

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi John,

That one is the next one up from mine. When I checked out the specs of the filter I decided the smaller one would be fine for my workshop. The remote is dead handy!!!

Cheers

Richard

 

[matt]

Don't s'pose anyone has done the hard work of comparing this one to the Microclene MC400?

I know the MC400 only has one speed and no remote control or delay timer but it is also cheaper. On the all-important dust removal performance alone is there much in it?

(I did notice that the MC400 is rated down to 0.3micron whereas the other is 1 micron).

 

[Finial]

Would it not be better if it was turned 90 degrees? It looks like the outflow is up against the wall...

You pulled it forward, but I wouldn't be surprised if a substantial part of the air going through has already gone through once and been reflected back to the inlet. A lot of the air that enters any inlet is drawn along the sides - the suction doesn't reach out very far. If you hold up a thin flexible thread you should be able to see this happening.

If you are going to use one of these machines try to get the entry close to the dust source and aim to get a circulation going round the shop.

Collection of dust at source is always best where possible.