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Not a bad idea for clearing out Radon gas, (lung cancer carcinogen) either.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I don’t know how practical this is for your situation but it might give you some ideas. I have my workshop in the cellar (totally underground) next to the furnace, water heater etc. It can get pretty dusty down there and also pretty noxious when I’m painting something or stripping wood. Fortunately at one end of the cellar there’s the coal delivery chute (basically a steel door in the front courtyard, big hole underneath, and a door leading to the cellar) and at the other end a similar arrangement leading to the garden. Both internal doors were in bad shape so I replaced them with double 3/4 plywood expoxied and screwed together (also good for burglar protection) and on the outside I constructed another door which opens outwards into the hole. I bought two of those Sears whole house fans (if you have a 500 sq ft house <g), cut a hole in the second door slightly smaller than the size of the fan and mounted it on the second door. If I need ventilation I open the inner door (the doubled plywood one) and close the outward opening second door, start up the fan, do the same with the back door, and experience the wind tunnel effect <g. In winter or when I’m not working in the cellar, I have the outer door open and then inner door shut and bolted. — Patrick Riley That’s exactly what I did.  I put in three different fans in the basement. That’s one thought I had too, but I wondred if the CFM was really up to it.  Don’s box fan might be a better solution… but using the flex pipe to the window.  I thought I’d pop out one pane, replace it with ABS (arcrylic) of the same thickness, and cut a hole in it ahead of time to mount a flap valve.  Have to check out Grainger’s catalog too. Keep the ideas coming ! Mike I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right. Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? I put a bathroom fan in the ceiling and ran the exhaust through the window.

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Mike, Are you concerned where the dust might go after exhausted? For example, onto plants and shrubs you might not want to be covered with dust, or into a neighbor’s window.  Or on a day when the wind is blowing toward the exhaust fan, you might end up with dust going into some of your own first floor windows that are open and on the same side. Ray – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? Mike

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I don’t know how practical this is for your situation but it might give you some ideas. I have my workshop in the cellar (totally underground) next to the furnace, water heater etc. It can get pretty dusty down there and also pretty noxious when I’m painting something or stripping wood. Fortunately at one end of the cellar there’s the coal delivery chute (basically a steel door in the front courtyard, big hole underneath, and a door leading to the cellar) and at the other end a similar arrangement leading to the garden. Both internal doors were in bad shape so I replaced them with double 3/4 plywood expoxied and screwed together (also good for burglar protection) and on the outside I constructed another door which opens outwards into the hole. I bought two of those Sears whole house fans (if you have a 500 sq ft house <g), cut a hole in the second door slightly smaller than the size of the fan and mounted it on the second door. If I need ventilation I open the inner door (the doubled plywood one) and close the outward opening second door, start up the fan, do the same with the back door, and experience the wind tunnel effect <g. In winter or when I’m not working in the cellar, I have the outer door open and then inner door shut and bolted. — Patrick Riley – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – That’s exactly what I did.  I put in three different fans in the basement. That’s one thought I had too, but I wondred if the CFM was really up to it.  Don’s box fan might be a better solution… but using the flex pipe to the window.  I thought I’d pop out one pane, replace it with ABS (arcrylic) of the same thickness, and cut a hole in it ahead of time to mount a flap valve.  Have to check out Grainger’s catalog too. Keep the ideas coming ! Mike I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? I put a bathroom fan in the ceiling and ran the exhaust through the window.

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I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? Mike

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If you don’t have any luck with that, you can take a standard box fan, tape a furnace filter to it and put it near the area you’re working in and it does a decent job. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? Mike

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I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas?

I put a bathroom fan in the ceiling and ran the exhaust through the window.

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That’s one thought I had too, but I wondred if the CFM was really up to it.  Don’s box fan might be a better solution… but using the flex pipe to the window.  I thought I’d pop out one pane, replace it with ABS (arcrylic) of the same thickness, and cut a hole in it ahead of time to mount a flap valve.  Have to check out Grainger’s catalog too. Keep the ideas coming ! Mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? I put a bathroom fan in the ceiling and ran the exhaust through the window.

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I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? Mike

Yes, one big idea.  Get the right tool for the job.  An exhaust fan is made to eliminate stale air and bring in fresh air. It is not made to pollute the rest of the world and carry  particulate matter.   There are systems for removing dust from power tools. Check out Lee Valley as one source. www.leevalley.com   They have what you need and the Shop Vac to go with it. If you are a woodworker, you’ll want to get a Lee Valley catalog anyway. Ed http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

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That’s exactly what I did.  I put in three different fans in the basement. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – That’s one thought I had too, but I wondred if the CFM was really up to it.  Don’s box fan might be a better solution… but using the flex pipe to the window.  I thought I’d pop out one pane, replace it with ABS (arcrylic) of the same thickness, and cut a hole in it ahead of time to mount a flap valve.  Have to check out Grainger’s catalog too. Keep the ideas coming ! Mike I’m looking for a small basement exhaust fan that could "plug" into my removeable basement window.  Hope I’m describing this right.  Anyway, I have small wood shop in my basement and I’d like to see if I can rig up a fan that exhausts dust out when I’m using my sander or table saw. The perfect unit would maybe replace one of the two panes (it’s split down the middle), and have some sort of draft/weather flap that could be hand-activated to keep a tight seal when not in use.  Any ideas? I put a bathroom fan in the ceiling and ran the exhaust through the window.

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