[TheForge] Re: Gazinta

[Justin Fellenz]

Thanks, Frosty. Pretty cool setup.

J

--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:

> 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
> ------------------------
> 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
> >
> 
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