I have been kicking this one around for years.   First I wanted to build a staged  particle drop  DC and went back and forth about  blowers   I  was thinking about making a huge 5 foot diameter plywood blower and relying on scale to get throughput then I considered a welded up blower.   All the blowers on all the cyclones are plastic and can't take an impact.  I considered building a cyclone.  I couldn't just buy a cyclone because of ceiling height :  they all put the motors on top.

 

So I was thinking of maybe a Felder 125 or 140 and the price delta between the 160 and those  just wasn't that much so I ordered a Felder RL 160.    Now making room for it ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

 

 

If I bought that, there would be plenty of room in the basement- cause I'd be living in the dog house!

Is there any such thing as a quiet air cleaner/dust collector, that doesn't wake the dead when you use it? I've wanted to get an air cleaner for years, but just never have been able to afford one and don't personally know of one that is quiet..

 

2 hours ago, Charles Nicholls said:

Is there any such thing as a quiet air cleaner/dust collector, that doesn't wake the dead when you use it?

 

 The Felder is pretty quiet.   They built a very good sound dampener into it. It's almost impossible to make them  really quiet because a blower chops air in the same way an old school air raid siren does.  That was part of my thinking when I was considering making a five foot blower.  I figured I'd make low  frequency noise but not hi freq.

It puts out air cleaner than a spring breeze in northern Montana.

 

4 hours ago, lew said:

If I bought that, there would be plenty of room in the basement- cause I'd be living in the dog house!

 lol   Get her a new kitchen.

 

 

5 minutes ago, Cliff said:

 

 The Felder is pretty quiet.   They built a very good sound dampener into it. It's almost impossible to make them  really quiet because a blower chops air in the same way an old school air raid siren does.  That was part of my thinking when I was considering making a five foot blower.  I figured I'd make low  frequency noise but not hi freq.

It puts out air cleaner than a spring breeze in northern Montana.

 

 

What I will probably wind up doing, is get me what they used to call a hurricane fan and attach that to a bag/filter system. Not sure how well it will work, but it's far better than going without, or spending $600+

Edited May 10, 201610 yr by Charles Nicholls

10 hours ago, Cliff said:

 lol   Get her a new kitchen.

 

Good thinking!