air filtration

[Ed Gibbons]

Jeff,
My shop is the same size and even with an Oneida cyclone, the fine stuff is always there. Do you hand THE BEAST from the ceiling?
Ed

[PHILIP MACHIN]

I bought the Jet AFS 1000B a few days ago, it arrived today and I hung it from my garage ceiling via some S hooks and eye bolts. I hung it myself.

For those of you who desire to hang it alone:

I had a 15 foot length of chain for my old dog's lead (its rated for 125 pounds, don't worry). I ran it diagonally through two of the eyebolts on the Jet and then hooked it to the S hooks on the ceiling. I then stood on my ladder and walked it up a few links at a time on each side until it was in position to mount. Easy Peezy, didn't even break a sweat.

I have a Dylos particulate meter. It was reading 1800'sh pm2.5 when I was finished hanging it. I closed the garage door and ran it on high for 30 minutes. I came back into the garage and my Dylos was reading 75 pm2.5. I realize it won't keep up with active dust production, and I have a CV1800 for fines at the source. It does a great job of keeping the fines from building up and hanging out in the garage though.

[Dave Mills]

best price I see for the Jet is $359 correct? Thanks Brian

Just this last December I bought the JET 1000B for $299 on sale at Rockler

[Mark Daily]

My 14' x 22' x 9' shop has a Wen 3415 3-speed filtration unit (556, 702, 1044 CFM) with 1 micron inner filter. According to my Dylos particle meter it does a good job of reducing the air-borne particles. My Clearvue 5 hp dust extractor does a better job if I just let it run for 5 to 10 minutes with a couple of blast gates open but the Wen unit is quieter.

Incidentally, does anyone know if a standard 12" x 24" x 1" furnace filter will fit into the Wen or Jet 1000 CFM system (as the external filter)? Wen sells a filter that they claim will fit "most 1044 CFM systems" but standard Merv 8 filters are quite a bit cheaper.

Yes they will fit. I use one of the Filtrete “odor eater” filters with activated charcoal and it helps keep the shop smelling fresh.

[Thomas Crawford]

Did anyone in this thread check out the Powermatic 1250 as an alternative? There aren't specific specs but it mentions filtering down to 0.1 micron. The Jet 1000 gets 85% of ~1 micron.

Both are on sale. This is a long term purchase so I don't care about $350 vs $630 if its qualitatively better.

[Robert D Evans]

I've got the Jet system hanging from the ceiling in a 12'x28' basement shop. It clears the air quickly and is probably overkill for the space I have. The 12x24x1 filters can be bought a Home Depot a lot cheaper than through Jet. About once a month, I'll take both filters outside and blow them out with compressed air. I'll blow out the shopvac filter at the same time.

I'm looking forward to the day I get a central vacuum system.

[Mark Daily]

Did anyone in this thread check out the Powermatic 1250 as an alternative? There aren't specific specs but it mentions filtering down to 0.1 micron. The Jet 1000 gets 85% of ~1 micron.

Both are on sale. This is a long term purchase so I don't care about $350 vs $630 if its qualitatively better.

I have the Jet and my Dylos particle meter indicates it filters small and large particles down to less than 10 so I think it’s a good choice. I have the original 3 pocket interior filter and use the washable, reusable electrostatic outer filters from Jet.

I recently discovered the 12 x 24 filters from Filtrete with activated charcoal filter just about as well.

[Thomas Crawford]

I have an 18x28 shop with a ceiling that slopes up from 10' to 12'. Any advice on where I should hang one of these? I have a couple ceiling plugs available. Mostly wondering if I should drop it down a few feet.

Tommy

[Doug Dawson]

I have an 18x28 shop with a ceiling that slopes up from 10' to 12'. Any advice on where I should hang one of these? I have a couple ceiling plugs available. Mostly wondering if I should drop it down a few feet.

Hang it facing your "dustiest" machine, low enough so that you don't bump your head on it (that's the air that you breathe.) Usually that's _not_ in the exact center of the room. You want to set up a circular flow.

[Brian Deakin]

This is what I made

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....l-Pentz-design