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Another question for builders #build #building

 

If you build in your home or enclosed space, do you use a smoke/fume "eater"? If so, any recommendations?
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Wayne S.
KF7RCM
 

I don¡¯t use those. I do fave a fan though and it keeps the fumes away from me. The room is large. Closed in garage. Sorry I don¡¯t have a recommendation but there are plenty of them out there.?

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 19:48 kf7rcm@... via <kf7rcm=[email protected]> wrote:
If you build in your home or enclosed space, do you use a smoke/fume "eater"? If so, any recommendations?
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Wayne S.
KF7RCM
 

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I¡¯ve ?said it in the past¡­. I love the smell of soldersmoke. ?When depressed, or have that lost with no purpose feeling I go to the shack and turn on the soldering devices (yes, more than one) and work on a kit that has been languishing down in the ¡°hole¡±¡­.. After 30 minutes or so I am rejuvenated and back to normal balance. ?Been doing that since age 14. ?It still works. ? No, I do not smoke tobacco or pot¡­. Both too dangerous, but a little lead and rosin in the air reminds me of my Grandpa¡¯s wood working shop and the mix of smells, a hot glue pot, and pipe tobacco in the air. Wonderful memories. ?

Oh, I forgot the sound of Van Patrick and the Detroit Tigers on the radio. ?That will give you a time frame. ?Grandpa taught me how to build things with orange crate type of wood and then veneer cover it with beautiful walnut or mahogany. ? Jewelry boxes and little lamps for the bedroom¡­.. RIP Grandpa.

Be the REASON someone smiles today.

Dave K8WPE

On Aug 13, 2024, at 10:35?PM, Ronald Taylor <wa7gil@...> wrote:

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I don¡¯t use those. I do fave a fan though and it keeps the fumes away from me. The room is large. Closed in garage. Sorry I don¡¯t have a recommendation but there are plenty of them out there.?

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 19:48 kf7rcm@... via <kf7rcm=[email protected]> wrote:
If you build in your home or enclosed space, do you use a smoke/fume "eater"? If so, any recommendations?
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Wayne S.
KF7RCM
 

David you must be a hopeless chap when it comes to being nostalgic. I suffer from the same disease.?
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In the last week, I have finally achieved my dream of building a large pole building. Inside of it I will have a shop for automotive and welding, then enclosed areas that will be climate controlled for a wood working shop, an art studio for my beautiful XYL, and of course a small hobby room where I can set up a nice space for amateur radio, 3D printing and laser cutting, and reloading for hunting and marksmanship.?
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My grandson is 12 now, and I plan on exposing him to my hobbies. Perhaps he'll catch my disease as well.
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Blessings to you sir.
KD9UQP
 

I use a PC fan that I mounted a couple legs on. It serves two purposes. One to pull fumes and I can turn it around to help cool hot glue if I'm using?a glue gun.


On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:48?PM kf7rcm@... via <kf7rcm=[email protected]> wrote:
If you build in your home or enclosed space, do you use a smoke/fume "eater"? If so, any recommendations?
--
Wayne S.
KF7RCM
 

I bought this hobby-grade snorkel-type fume extractor, , after seeing it favorably reviewed on Adam Savage's YouTube channel.? I like that I can adjust it for a workpiece on the benchtop or elevated in a vise.? My shack is adjacent to the living room, and my other family members say that it works :-).?
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Eric
 

I too use a battery powered fan to keep the resin smoke out of my face.??
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Jim, W7EZN? ? 73!
 

The sense of smell can be the strongest thing that can trigger memories. The smell of old canvas whips me right back to my Army days.
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Wayne S.
KF7RCM
 

Naaah,
I've got a couple of incurable medical conditions so I definitely inhale, unlike Bill Clinton.
Love the smell of solder melting and whisper of smoke.
Andy.
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