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Workshop Air Filtration System

For many woodworkers, do-it-yourselfers, and hobbyists with small wood shops,

buying a dust collector and dust filtration system falls pretty low on the “must have” list of tool priorities.

Especially if your focused on purchasing tools to fill your shop!

On my website ConcordCarpetner.com

I’ve written on the importance of work shop dust control strategies.

Wood dust becomes a potential health problem when wood particles from sanding and cutting become airborne.

The purpose of and air filter is to capture and reduce airborne dust as quickly as possible.

In my case...Cedar dust irritates my sinuses,

gets into my lungs and wreaks havoc on my respiratory system for days. 

The other day, I was cutting and sanding a slew of Cedar in my work shop and noticed how little visible dust there was on my tool tabletops.

The main reason for this is I use dust collection system and and air filter.

The health effects of long-term exposure to wood dust are the primary reason to control it your workshop.

Wood dust can cause allergic reactions and other health effects such as:

¥ Eye & Skin Irritation

¥ Respiratory Effects

¥ Nasal Cancer

¥ Increased sensitivity to the wood dust

Awhile back I installed a Delta Filtration System in my shop to combat the airborne dust particles.

I placed it near a side wall approximately 1/3 along a long wall in my shop.

A good rule of thumb is to mount the unit 7-10 feet above the floor.

Mounted along the longest wall so the intake is approximately 1/3 the distance from the shorter wall.

Best practices tell you to mount the unit no further than 4-6 inches from the wall...

But thats not always possible.

The exhaust is the largest determiner of the circulation pattern.

by mounting the unit in this suggested location, you are trying to encourage...

circulation parallel to the floor/ceiling.

The two most important criteria for an air cleaner are the CFM and the filters.

You want a CFM factor that will clean the size of your shop and a filter ....

that removes the particle size that you are concerned about.

The delta dust filtration system I use has a three-pocket inner filter,

a heavy-duty pleated outer filter, and an electrostatic pre-filter ...

that works together to trap dust particles larger than one micron.

To determine the size or required air flow, use this formula:

Volume of your shop
(Length x width x Height)

times the Number of air changes per hour (typically 6 - 8) divided by 60.

This will give you an answer in Cubic Feet per Minute ....

which is how air cleaners are measured.

I turn my unit on and leave it on during all cutting and sanding operations.

Sometimes I utilize the 4-hour timer and let it run after Im done in the shop.

Using the timer allows the filter to continue cleaning the air after I’ve left the shop, ....

which helps keep the shop cleaner as well as dust from migrating into the rest of the house.

The results are immediately noticeable.

The air is cleaner, and there is little to no residual dust on the tool table tops.

My Delta Unit is perfect for my 15 x 28 foot shop.

It is capable of filtering the air in a 20-by-20-foot room 13 to 18 times an hour.

For health reasons you really need to consider installing a dust filtration system in your shop.

Make your lungs a priority!