Ambient air cleaner

11/28/17, 4:09 AM #1

bill tucker
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Ambient air cleaner

bill tucker

When all else fails, check with this group. Reading past comments, the JDS Air -Tech 750 ER seemed to be one of the better ambient air cleaners used by members. Where can you get a price/buy one?? None of my normal sources seem to carry them....or is there a better system (cost effective) out there? Thanks for the help and input.

bill

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11/28/17, 4:27 AM #2

David Walser
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David Walser

I went to the JDS website and it appears that they no longer make the cleaner. They are still stocking replacement filters for it. As for alternatives, there are several good ones. I don't have a recommendation for you.

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11/29/17, 3:25 AM #3

Joe Fleming
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I have the JET 1000 CFM, 3-speed cleaner. I've had it for 15 or 16 years and it is on every time I'm in the shop. I love it.

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11/29/17, 1:10 PM #4

bill tucker
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Thanks Joe - any other suggestions?

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11/29/17, 3:03 PM #5

John Stegall
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John Stegall

2nd what Joe said and a friend has the Powermatic and he is quite pleased

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12/20/17, 7:10 PM #6

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Inexpensive alternative

Jack Savona

Buy a box fan or pick one up at a yard sale, Goodwill, etc.

Go to Amazon and look for a MERV RATED Electrostatic Washable Permanent Furnace A/C Air Filter. Prices range from the $20-40's. I bought one at a box store years ago with a .3 micron rating for under $30.

Tape the filter to fan's frame on the inlet side. You could even put a cheap 99 cent filter on the fan exhaust side just taped (held in place) on the top to direct the air down.

I use one at my lathe instead of my dust collector. Three speeds, much quieter, and VERY effective.

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My Website on hold My woodturning journey started at the New Mexico State Fair back around '03 when I saw a video of Richard Raffan turning a bowl. What a beautiful, flowing dance he did as he created his work. I wanted to do that! Months later I bought a used lathe with some old tools for $75, paid a woodturner $20 for a lesson (All he did was turn a bowl and explain the process), and started teaching myself through books and videotapes from the libraries. The first club meetings were mostly chatting about woodturning and work. Frustrating when you want to learn. Luckily the clerk at Woodcraft was also a turner and was a big help in getting started. After trading up from a new, poorly made Delta 45-715, to a new $100 mini-lathe, and a used Vega bowl lathe, I settled in on a new Powermatic about 5 years ago. After taking a Master Bowl Class with David Lancaster, I taught Adult Ed woodturning and demoed at our 120+member Club. I've sold my work wholesale, at a craft fair, through a local co-op, and at a nearby tourist gallery. For years, as I drove and narrated the local Trolley/Bus I was able to slowly drive by the Northlight Gallery and point out my bowls on their windowsill. (Really helped sales.) As a woodturner I've tended to be purist, preferring work that was only turned. For the past few years though, I've delved into embellisment (burning, coloring, texturing), but still want my work to look like it was primarily turned. While I still love making decorative bowls, now I seem to want to go 'beyond the bowl' to turning sculptural pieces. The next path in my journey will be to take all the information and ideas that I've assimilated and explore my own creativity. A challanging path awaits me, but I know it will be exciting and rewarding.

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