Bazoo
03-09-2018, 12:32 AM
I have given it a lot of thought, and read some here about setting up a casting station inside. I was casting on the covered porch.
I set up in front of the window in my wood shop. I put a box fan in the window, and set up temporarily on a piece plywood on top of a 55 gallon drum. The fan is 6 or 8 inches above the top of my work surface. I have a nice exhaust fan, but I wanted to see how well the box fan would work. I didnt make any sort of hood, but figured if I need it, i could have make shifted one out of cardboard. When fluxing, If I turn my fan on high I get no smell in the building. When casting I put it on low, and it very easily controlled the smell.
The best part of the being indoors instead of out, is that you can control the flow of vent air. No more fumes coming back at me at the notions of the wind. And, also not being in the wind keeps the mould at a more consistent temperature, and me too! I have a wood stove in the building that helps with that.
I wanted to share my experience so that others might benefit.
~Bazoo
I set up in front of the window in my wood shop. I put a box fan in the window, and set up temporarily on a piece plywood on top of a 55 gallon drum. The fan is 6 or 8 inches above the top of my work surface. I have a nice exhaust fan, but I wanted to see how well the box fan would work. I didnt make any sort of hood, but figured if I need it, i could have make shifted one out of cardboard. When fluxing, If I turn my fan on high I get no smell in the building. When casting I put it on low, and it very easily controlled the smell.
The best part of the being indoors instead of out, is that you can control the flow of vent air. No more fumes coming back at me at the notions of the wind. And, also not being in the wind keeps the mould at a more consistent temperature, and me too! I have a wood stove in the building that helps with that.
I wanted to share my experience so that others might benefit.
~Bazoo