These are brand new to me. Has anyone used one? I would most likely use it close to my sanding and embellishment work area to capture the dust and fumes as close to the source as possible.
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Axiom Stratus Air Cleaner AS300
- Thread starter Dave Fritz
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Never heard of them but at 65 to 79 db a bit louder than I want sitting next to me all the time. Based on sound of washing machine or garbage disposal
That's a good point, but most any machine that cleans air in any volume is going to be loud. Probably will need to use hearing protection, whatever solution you find to capture dust.
I have one and on full speed it is loud. It does catch the dust though.
My experience is that, while an air cleaner is a great supplement for collecting dust, especially if it has a HEPA filter, the air cleaner alone is not generally enough. My guess would be that, without a HEPA dust collector (cyclone or not) sucking the dust through a hood mounted on the lathe (or near on a stand), any air cleaner would need constant maintenance to keep the filter clean. I have a cyclone connected to a hood on my lathe and, based on observation, I can see that vast majority of finer dust sucked into the hood. If all that dust was filtered through an air cleaner, the filter in that air cleaner would be full in a very short time. My air cleaners need maintenance, but my cyclone takes most of the chips and dust right at the source. In the end, I have always believed that air cleaners are a great add-on to a dust collection, but not the solution in and of themselves. So, particular air cleaner seems like a good one but it's no better than other air cleaners if it's the only dust collection method used.
This is my "cheap" version of an air cleaner. The flag in front of the fan indicates outward air movement. The paper sucked against the right side indicates there is "suction". The total filter area is 9 sq. ft. Frame work is from scrap/leftover material. Total cost about $100.00
