[TheForge] Re: Gazinta

[Jerry Frost]

I think you covered about all the questions I had or heard. <grin>

At this stage suction will be provided by a 3" intake forge blower I'll 
never need to power a fire.

Suction is through the floor sockets which are capped with floor level caps 
when not sucking or jigging. The sockets are connected under the floor via 
ABS pipe. I'd rather use steel but couldn't afford it.

To visualize the cutting/welding table; come, imagine along with me. The bar 
grate will sit on a hopper shaped sheet metal pan. The legs of the table 
will be 2" sq tubing that opens into the pan and sockets into the floor 
gazinta suckers.

The exhaust system isn't a dust comp but if I build or buy a separator it'll 
provide the suction. Maybe enough anyway.

When it does get filled with crud, water, etc. I'll turn on the blower and 
starting at the farthest point fish a length of semi rigid plastic tubing 
hooked to the air compressor down it. If it takes extreme cleaning I'll use 
a water hose.

I believe the old forge blower will provide enough draw to suck even water 
out of the system, if not I'll use the wet/dry vac.

This system won't be much good for clearing a smoky shop, the idea is to 
keep smoke out of the air in the first place. I'll also have a "normal" 
exhaust fan.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>


> Hey, Jerry
>
> Can you elaborate a little on your in-floor exhaust system? Never
> thought of doing such a thing but I love the idea of having the smoke
> and attendant radon daughters, etc, go down instead of up into my
> helmet and lungs. Mostly I wonder how you get enough suction to do pull
> smoke down if the vents are at floor level and you're welding on a
> table, and how you keep the crap out of the system, or how you clean it
> out when it gets full of grinder dust, metal shavings, leaves, or
> water....do you have a huge fan (and are the gazintas where the air
> goes in, or is there a grate?) and cleanout locations? Can you just
> hose the whole system out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JRF
>