Rolling cart for air cleaner?

[Jon Endres]

I have a Delta air cleaner that has been in storage for a few years. I have a fairly low basement ceiling and don't really want to hang it. Somewhere, maybe here, maybe on another website or in a magazine, I saw a plan or picture for a rolling cart that the air cleaner sat on. It was about 6 feet tall and the air cleaner just parked right on top, the lower tiers of the cart were for tools or hardware or whatever, and you could roll it around the shop and put it near whatever happened to be making dust at the time.

Does anyone here recall something like that and could tell me where to find it? A search of this site, and a Google search, doesn't turn up much. I have seen versions with the air cleaner under an outfeed table, or as a downdraft table, but I don't want that. I want it up high where it does the most good.

[John Jendro]

You could build something similar to this. It was in Wood Magazine.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/woodstore_2125_69424791 (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/woodstore_2125_69114111)

[Jon Endres]

Yes, that looks similar to what I was thinking of. The biggest problem I think I will have, is stability. The air cleaner isn't heavy, but having a 6-1/2' tall tower on four casters may be inviting trouble. I think I may need to build it so that it has a larger footprint than the base dimensions of the air cleaner.

[Paul Wunder]

Jon,

Most people hang their air cleaner along the long wall in their shop at least six feet off of the ground. This gives the best air flow for the cleaner's intended purpose. Please forgive me for asking, but what will you gain by rolling it around where it will take up floor space and air space vs having it permanently mounted? Air cleaners are not meant for "spot" air filtration at a tool. They are meant for general filtration and capture of larger particles that may linger after a dust collector/cyclone does its work.

Paul

[Paul A. Clark]

Jon,

check out ShopNotes think I saw what you are talking about several months ago.

[David Hostetler]

While I honestly think you would be WAY better served hanging that thing at least 6.5 feet off the ground, you CAN put it up on a shelf in a modified version of Wood Magazine's Bench Tool System.

http://www.woodstore.net/besy.html

My garage shop doesn't have the best height either, but is likely better than a lot of basements... At 8' 6" hanging my Grizzly off of a pair of 2x4 mounting rails to tie into the studs, puts my air filter at the perfect height for what the MFG recommends.

http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/5944/2766070120103915817S500x500Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2766070120103915817UbuoYV)

I have plenty of room to walk around underneath it, I just can't move long material around on end under it...

[Kevin Gregoire]

jon, i remember the picture but dont remember what magazine it was in? i did copy the plans at the time and have them out in my shop so i will see if it shows the info at the bottom or not and see if i can get you something copied so check back tonight and hopefully i can hook you up!

[Kevin Gregoire]

okay, i found the info. its in ShopNotes #87 (may/june 06) on page 4

there really isnt any specific plans but it does show a few dimensions.

good luck and post some pics when you get it built.


http://i56.tinypic.com/icipfr.jpg

[Kevin Gregoire]

jon endres, i was curious if you ever made this cart? if so
please post some pictures and let us know how you like it?

i think im going to build one for my air filter and planer.

[Keith Westfall]

I built one a cople of years ago that is about 28 - 30 inches high and put my OSS and (recently upgraded) 6" belt sander on it. works well and not much space wasted. Needed a space for my sanders anyway...

Guess I should say too that my air cleaner was homebuilt, using a 2 cage squirrel fan 'rescued' from a new furnace installation across the street :D

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[Kevin Gregoire]

keith, yours looks good and probably functions great but its a bit short i would say!

i need to get my butt in gear and get it built so i can finally fire up my air filter and get my planer
on it and get my sander cases up off the floor.

[Shawn Russell]

Slighty off thread.. where have you found information about the recommended height for an air cleaner. I just reread my manual and did not see any recommendations.

Cheers

[richard poitras]

Slighty off thread.. where have you found information about the recommended height for an air cleaner. I just reread my manual and did not see any recommendations.

Cheers

I would say it’s best to have it on the higher side mainly for circulating the heat in the shop of off the ceiling and getting it back down to the floor in the colder months. I know that is one of the reasons I got mine instead of a ceiling fan. Basically air movement and cleaning of the air.

[Kevin Gregoire]

it dont matter where you mount it as long as you have one and its running.
as you seen above a shop made unit was on the floor, you can mount it one
a wall sideways, etc..

[Jerome Hanby]

You could build something similar to this. It was in Wood Magazine.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/woodstore_2125_69424791 (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/woodstore_2125_69114111)

Well that's a first. I see links to pictures in posts here all the time that I can't view from work. First time I've seen one I can't view from home...

[Bruce Page]

Well that's a first. I see links to pictures in posts here all the time that I can't view from work. First time I've seen one I can't view from home...

Jerome, it's not you. There's no picture in the post.

[Tom Clark FL]

Gentlemen,After using this home-made air cleaner for 25 years, I can say that it works just fine mounted on the floor. Mine has been next to my workbench, where lots of dust is made with routers, sanders, and saws. At 1500 cfm the fan is gong to suck air from wherever it is hiding, and clean the shop air every few minutes. I made the cabinet serve double duty and filled the non-functioning spaces with drawers. I can't say for certain that is is just as functional as one mounted on the ceiling, but it seems so to me… Besides, if the drawers were mounted on the ceiling they would be hard to reach!

[Keith Westfall]

keith, yours looks good and probably functions great but its a bit short i would say!


Short as in close to the floor? My shop is approx 400 sq ft, and I have a furnace blower out of a 1500 sq ft house. When you turn it on it takes about 4 - 5 minutes to remove visable dust in the shop - and in the sunlight through the windows, it pretty easy to see the circulation.

The discharge is through the bottom, filters are a double layer of furncace filters, and when I pull them out, no dust in the inside.

So far, it has cost me one pully ($45 steel one) a furnace belt, and an old sheet of 3/4 inch ply. Plus it is QUITE!! Sometimes can't hardly hear it run.

I think when I'm moving such a bunch of air, that height is not a problem...

My $.02