Thread: Fumes in a shed

Toni, I would have thought a good dust extractor produces a lot more airflow than a kitchen rangehood? You are using a dusty behind the lathe aren't you?

No up to this point I have been under a lean too so it was very open and airy. but now this is different this is more enclosed. Plus with pens I did not think it was nessecary and I honestly did not think I would use it. I can't use a vacuum cleaner because I hate the constant loud noise.
Toni

I can't use a vacuum cleaner because I hate the constant loud noise.

I'm with you on this one. As a kid mum said I alwas left the house when the VC was turned on, now HWMBO does it.
However, I have a 2hp Dusty and, although it is noisy, it is not as bad as a VC as the pitch is different. My cat would also bear witness to this, he leaves when the VC is on, but will stay with me in the shed when the Dusty is on.

The difference between having it and not having it has been huge - in relation to dust in me, on me & around the shed etc. Well worth the money paid (last yrs Christmas present.

JD

were are you turning now toni ? I want to put one of thoughs mini sheds that tack onto your shed so can put the dusty there ,it should get rid of most of the noise .mm range hood well they use some thing similar but smaller to get rid of soldering fumes when doing electronics why not (if he can get a cheep second hand one ) you can always say its your way of getting rid of the ambient dust ha .

A fan in the open door blowing into the shed. Also helps if you have a whirlybird in the roof.

Ross

Toni it would certainly help as something is better than nothing.

When you put the CA on are you at the lathe or at a bench, you could set up the rangehood over the bench and work there, would certainly be cleaner than on the lathe.

The small 1hp dust extractor would be ok at the lathe for getting rid of the dust as well.

I agree that dust extractors are noisy and it can get irritating.

A 1hp, like Jim said, would be all you need. It could easily be mounted outside with a cover over it and the hose passed inside through the shed wall.

Personally, I wouldn't work without a dust extractor, particularly when sanding. If I didn't use the dust extractor I would wear a mask, but find that much more irritating (I have a beard, something you hopefully don't suffer from).

I find our kitchen exhaust hood more irritating than my dust extractor, must be to do with pitch.

I have a fan above me and a DC behind the lathe. To help with noise, I put the DC under a lean-to outside the shed and piped it in. I think an oven rangehood would clog up too fast with the dust and certainly wood not be as strong as a DC anyway.

I also use a propper fume mask when using CA & sanding, the ones painters use. I also wear the full face shield over the top to keep the fumes out of my eyes which I find is just as bad.

I investigated range hoods at one stage for a tiny spray booth..... they dont have enough air flow to do a proper job in a kitchen and the certainly dont have enough flow to be helpfull for waht we are doing.

Range hoods are designed to capture material carried on a rising hot air current....... the hot air form the cooking delivers the filth to the filter the range hood then just sucks it thru.


A small dusty would be just fine... If you get the hose or a small spout right up to the work all the CA fumes will go up the spout as will almost alll your sanding dust and lots of your chips...... oh and if you arent carefull you sand paper and polishing rag.

The dusty is a bit of a noise but not that bad.. more a sssshhhhhhh rather than the scccrreeeeeee of a vacume cleaner... out side under a leanto so much the better.
ANd you can use the hose to clean up the floor and the bench afterward.

cheers

OH BTW are you in the new house... & how is it.



cheers

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Gidday Guys, My husband was wondering would a rangehood like above stoves help to get rid of the CA fumes so I don't get sick?
Does anyone know if this suggestion will work?
Thanks Toni

I have a small spray booth I built usind a 900 mm variable speed fan kitchen range hood,vented to the outside of my shed via a 100mm duct. .The spray booth is used for airbrushing models and varoius art works . I use enamel and acrylic paints.

The booth works very well and there are no fumes during or after spraying.

Kev.

OH BTW are you in the new house... & how is it.



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Not quite we took some gear away last week. Hubby got 1 week holidays now to help a job then next week he does his final week in his job. Then we are gone out of here.
Toni

you may get away with a range hood type contrivance for airbrushing because there are ver small amounts of fumes involved and you have enclosed the space to some extent...additionaly the fumes are nowhere near as agressive as those from CA glue.

That is exactly the arrangement I considered, but I was expecting a much higher volume of fumes from full sized spray guns.

Arround the lathe it s very different story.

cheers

Originally Posted by soundman

you may get away with a range hood type contrivance for airbrushing because there are ver small amounts of fumes involved and you have enclosed the space to some extent...additionaly the fumes are nowhere near as agressive as those from CA glue.

That is exactly the arrangement I considered, but I was expecting a much higher volume of fumes from full sized spray guns.

Arround the lathe it s very different story.

cheers

Enamel and acrylic paints are toxic no matter what type of spray gun /airbrush is used .
I'm sure my airbrushes have a higer out put than a tube of CA.
I use CA also in my model building ,not only for joining parts together but also as a filler ,with and with out microballons or Q Cells as they are called here in OZ.
I have never had a problem with the fumes from CA .
I guess some are sensitive to some things while others are not.

Cheers
Kev

Hi Kev, I am highly allergic to CA. I have sinus and breathing problems with CA glue fumes or even worse is when I get skin contact then even my eyes blow up like I been punched. The last reaction was to the point last reaction ended me on oxygen for the night. Don't want that again
Toni