After running a laser business for 3 years now, where we have the laser running for pretty much the whole day, fume extraction is definitely the hardest technical issue to tackle. We started with a simple axial in line fan. But that didn't really work for long as sticky residue would but up on the fan blades very quickly causing it to stop working properly and needed to disassemble the unit and clean it every two weeks. We tried a radial fan which was more capable of building up pressure, but we ran into the same issues and that thing was loud as hell. We also had a big BOFA unit. Super pricy to buy, but the cost of replacement filters was just absolutely insane. We had to replace the filters every other month at a cost of 500,- per filter set and had a failed motor after about a year which would cost 600,- to replace. Absolutely terrible! That was just stupid and literally throwing away money. We have gone back to a very big in line fan and built a custom big vertical box which the fumes are pulled through from bottom to top and have a filter manufacturer make some filters for us with different filtering classes which are very cheap. No active carbon for the smell, but so be it, we are venting outside anyway. But still can't really say we solved it. It's ongoing drama. The thing is, with every change it works great for the first two months and then the cracks start to show, with whatever system you go. (And yes, spending 500,- on replacement filters every 2 months is cracks BOFA!) Another thing I would recommend is placing a air quality sensor in the space you're in. The laser can really be a health hazard when running it all day every day for years. Even the basic Chinese ones are fine I've found. At least you'll know what's going on and if you have some leakages in your piping etc.
Same I am going through. The fume scrubbers are an absolutely waste. They are really for hobbyists, nothing a full time business can benefit from. Their price is atrocious and their filter price is atrocious.
One thing you've missed for putting the fan at the end of your piping (outside even if possible) is that in front of the fan it is sucking air, and behind the fan it is blowing air. Any little hole in your piping after the fan is going to blow all the fumes and dust back into your workspace.
Video request: Things you wish you knew about setting up your own engraving business. For instance establishing business name, LLC, surprises your ran into, where to start, insurance if needed, up front costs of equipment and materials. This about be something like starting from your garage to actually becoming moderately successful.
I'm starting to think the fume extractor is my only option, because venting straight outside at any elevation would still make some neighbors mad if i was cutting acrylic or leather ... And if the city or someone wants to make my business emissions a big deal, the extractor would stop that issue in it's tracks. I'm in the planning stage of getting started, and am getting the Creality 22W Falcon 2 in a couple weeks. Changed my mind from the Longer Ray5 20W, because of better cable management and seemingly better color results on stainless steel, ans the laser head adjustment looks a lot better with the Falcon 2. I'll have to find a place to just set it up in a garage with the exhaust hose going out the door for the short term, but I'm hoping the $2,000 mini extractor should be perfect as long as I'm engraving more than cutting. It might be tax time before I can think about the extractor. Do slate coasters produce a lot of smoke? I'm mostly going to start with those and engraving stainless steel and anodized aluminum, but i have a wood project planned for a Christmas present 😁
Now that I finished this video and watched the one covering reasons the business could fail, I'll update this a little, lol. I'm starting with a diode Lazer because of cost, mostly, but also because it can engrave stainless steel AND cut wood and other materials. I'm aware of the speed issue, but this is really just to get my foot in the door with all this, and I'll be focusing on products first, rather than engravings for people. I wish I could share an image of my woodworking design on here, too, I still have my basic drafting skills from High school, and designed a custom video game cabinet (kinda jewelry box sized, with 1/4" Cherry) because you can find carrying cases everywhere, but nothing nice for display or "in-use storage". The goal is to start making things, find something that can show some demand so I can duplicate it, and I'll reinvest every penny into better equipment and more lazers to get it to the point I wish I could just start with right now 🤣 Also, in the other video, you advised against opening a storefront. I completely agree (but shop space would be nice), and I have something to add. These machines can make products that are nice enough for existing local storefronts to add to their own inventory. It might be necessary to get a tax ID and register a business before they'll do much business with you, but that's also part of my plan, specifically with slate coasters. I'll go right to the local vape shop and talk to the owner with some examples in hand and a full catalog of AI art (already backed up on my laptop and converted to vector images) and see if they would consider placing an order. Something new to me, also, that I've only seen 1 channel talk about, is laser engraving transfer tape ... For using diode lasers on glass. I'm assuming the ceramic tile trick with the titanium dioxide would also work on glass, but the tape would add more value because it's colorful and better quality. Sorry for rambling 🤣 I feel like I'm drinking information from a firehose, learning all I can about this. Thank you for everything you do!
I think that pad that was sitting in the bottom drawer is actually a spare pre-filter that goes in the thin drawer above it (below the first big box you pulled out). It catches the big stuff to protect the more expensive filters. It's cheap and you replace it regularly. I've just bought the same unit a few weeks ago and I couldn't laser without it, its brilliant!
Just in time. After 3 years of worrying about water freeze, I finally got my 60watt CO2 out of the building and in the basement this week end. It was a tight fit, but it made it. Now I need too look at better way to deal with fumes.
Everyone should be aware that even wood smoke contains carcinogens. My laser is currently out of service due to health concerns expressed by my wife. It will resume operation after I design a more effective filtration system and prove to my wife that all particulates and odors have been removed from the exhaust and CO levels are lower than produced by a gas range. Even the EPA standards fall short of my wife's seal of approval.
This is a great filter if you do manly acrylic and other stuff that isn't to sticky. I have one, but i do most of the time wood and the stickiness of wood damage the filter in a way that you have to change filters each month or so. I now have an other filter from pureair with mineral flower in the system. this must to the job much better if you do wood most of the time.
Hi there, I'm a new subscriber and am getting my laser (100W with 500 cfm minimum) hooked up for the first time as well as sourcing additional equipment. I was gifted a fume extractor and also plan to direct fumes outside with a 700+ cfm inline fan but wondered if you could comment on how to have both connected to the laser. I'm assuming a "y" connector but not sure what to use to close off extraction on the leg that's not being used. Since you have multiple extractors I'm curious how you alternate use of your extraction techniques shown here on your machines. BTW, thank you so much for a fine video!
Thanks you will want to invest in a Blast Gate for your installation and install these in line before right before the "Y" adapter on both sides of the "Y" At the "Y" Here is a link to a 4" blast gate and 6" blast gate, IM not sure what size hose you plan on using so that will dictate what size blast gate you buy. 4" Blast Gate: amzn.to/3NgwIef OR 6" Blast Gate: amzn.to/3CxYtd9 hope this helps
I'm looking to purchase a filter for a new laser I am about to buy and that Pure Aire unit looks like it would fit the bill. What does the filter sourcing process look like given it's a direct-from-China model? What do the filters cost?
Correct if you go with them you will be ordering the filters from them as well, the shipping $$ on the filters can be rough. Id take a serious look at the Filtrabox models. Easy shipping, better support and better filtration, way better actually the unit that is comparable to the one in my video will be the filtrabox.com/product/compact-x-fume-extractor/ , its professional unit, with a professional price, but you are getting what you pay for. I have a code for you LE911 if you do end up going with them you will get 1 year of extended warranty.
I would disagree about your message to not use a centrifugal blower. However I would agree to not use one of the Cheap Chinese versions. you need a high quality one. They can provide the highest airflow and power for its size. and the motor is not involved with the air flow so it won't fail due to particles getting into it from the exhaust air. These are the same blowers we have in all our central heat an air systems, for all those reasons. and because it is so powerful you can use longer runs and place it outside.
Can I combine with the vent going outside for my dust collection? Not going thru my entire dust collection system, but just the vent port that going thru the wall outside
My question is exhausting outside for hobbyist is cfm. Exhausting 500 cfm takes a block of air 10 x 50 sq tf per minute, so a room 10 x 12 with an 8’ ceiling (960 cubic feet). So that means the entire room vents once time every 2 minutes. A 1200 sq ft house would be turned over every 20 minutes of There goes the conditioned air of the entire house vented outside. This may sound like a stupid question, but could you just vent the filtered air back into the laser creating a closed system, or would the air inside the enclosed laser become more toxic and not be good when you ran a project that may take 20 minutes to do? Yes, it would require some modification to the laser housing.
That would be a very bad idea., you would hurt the laser and also the smoke and fumes could ignite and or interfere with the beam quality. I would not concern your self too much with all those metrics, in the end you want t strong inline fan to evacuate all the smoke and fumes outside, a a good fume extractor.
I meant after it went through a fume extractor then back into the machine. The air would have been cleaned, maybe some vocs would still be present in the cleaned air stream. Just a thought.
Been watching a few of your videos, great content. thanks. What type, brand, etc laser engraver would you suggest for a hobbiest type person. I make knives and want to laser my makers mark on the blade and maybe laser the handle material, like wood and acrylics. Thanks for any input you may provide.
Sure thing and thanks for commenting! For the blades and all metals you will want a fiber laser, and for the wood, acrylics and an handle material you will want a Co2 laser, not sure if buying both is within the hobby budget range, but if you want to do all the material you will need both systems.
Greetings from over the pond 🇬🇧 Hi Michael, I'm just revisiting your video on fume extraction. I've just purchased a budget fume extraction cabinet similar to the one in your video. The model is a qubo DX5000 II pulling 500cfm the inlet & outlets on the DX5000 are 4" the outlet on my Thunder is 6" I've ordered a 6/4 reducer to attach to the purification cabinet (DX5000) not sure if running 6" into the DX5000 & exiting with 4" flexible hose will choke the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I will be purchasing an Epilog Fusion Maker and I’ve been investigating exhaust solutions. The laser cutter will be used to cut cast acrylic, wood, and fabric appliqué. You mentioned odor as a big concern when laser cutting. How far do the odors carry? Do you think I would be disturbing my neighbors who are about 40ft away?
Hey Sam, when you are cutting acrylic and leather, if the wind is blowing in their direction, they will prob smell it, wood fabric not so much, you might want to consider a pure -air fume extractor mentioned in my video to buffer the odors. before they leave the shop, one benefit of the fume extractor as well is the powerful exhaust CFM , with the fume extractor you wont have to worry about any odors strong enough to bother anyone outside
I have the $75 heater, but it requires my chiller to run all the time also. I'm looking for a way short of building a enclosure to keep chiller and tube warm w/o running chiller
Just what I was wanting advice on! Was doing the research over the weekend looking at the Infinity S8 with a flexible 4ply hose lined with a foil inside. Was also looking at fume extraction units both Bofa & Purex models although expensive it's something I would like to purchase in the future. Thanks for taking the time to make this video 👍
I despise fume scrubbers. I run them for maybe a week or two and the CFM takes a nosedive and clogs up the filters. Its not worth the investment. I am only cutting Cordura and SQUADRON fabrics daily.
It must be the material or the particulate being created by the material your are cutting for sure, some materials can clog filter extremely fast, for example MDF should never be cut using a fume extractor because the glue used to make MDF clogs the filters, fume extractor are not for every application, but for most materials the do a great job. They def have purpose and place for the appropriate application.
I suggest metal dryer vent at the very least. Yes plastic is cheaper but the metal less likely to crimp and I think it's less likely to build up corrosion, but if it does u can blow it out easier with less likely chance of causing a hole.
Hey Zach, not a big fan of thin foil dryer venting, it tears to easy and can get unseen pin holes which can leak out fumes, I like to hook my gear up to something with thicker walls, not saying you cant use that, I just dont personally like using it, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. and thanks for watching. 👍
@@LaserEngraving911 thanks for the reply, my blower takes the 8 inch I bought the metal seems to be holding up well. started with a electric leaf blower to pass the fumes and got tired of the noise.
After running a laser business for 3 years now,
where we have the laser running for pretty much the whole day, fume extraction is definitely the hardest technical issue to tackle. We started with a simple axial in line fan. But that didn't really work for long as sticky residue would but up on the fan blades very quickly causing it to stop working properly and needed to disassemble the unit and clean it every two weeks. We tried a radial fan which was more capable of building up pressure, but we ran into the same issues and that thing was loud as hell. We also had a big BOFA unit. Super pricy to buy, but the cost of replacement filters was just absolutely insane. We had to replace the filters every other month at a cost of 500,- per filter set and had a failed motor after about a year which would cost 600,- to replace. Absolutely terrible! That was just stupid and literally throwing away money. We have gone back to a very big in line fan and built a custom big vertical box which the fumes are pulled through from bottom to top and have a filter manufacturer make some filters for us with different filtering classes which are very cheap. No active carbon for the smell, but so be it, we are venting outside anyway.
But still can't really say we solved it. It's ongoing drama.
The thing is, with every change it works great for the first two months and then the cracks start to show, with whatever system you go. (And yes, spending 500,- on replacement filters every 2 months is cracks BOFA!)
Another thing I would recommend is placing a air quality sensor in the space you're in. The laser can really be a health hazard when running it all day every day for years.
Even the basic Chinese ones are fine I've found. At least you'll know what's going on and if you have some leakages in your piping etc.
Same I am going through. The fume scrubbers are an absolutely waste. They are really for hobbyists, nothing a full time business can benefit from. Their price is atrocious and their filter price is atrocious.
Building your own filters can save you a ton.
One thing you've missed for putting the fan at the end of your piping (outside even if possible) is that in front of the fan it is sucking air, and behind the fan it is blowing air. Any little hole in your piping after the fan is going to blow all the fumes and dust back into your workspace.
Video request: Things you wish you knew about setting up your own engraving business. For instance establishing business name, LLC, surprises your ran into, where to start, insurance if needed, up front costs of equipment and materials. This about be something like starting from your garage to actually becoming moderately successful.
Love it Ill keep that in mind!
Great timely advice! I'm looking for a fume extracter because of my health concerns.
Same here. And after having tried everything in the last 3 years, can't really say I've solved it. It's been the hardest thing to tackle.
I'm starting to think the fume extractor is my only option, because venting straight outside at any elevation would still make some neighbors mad if i was cutting acrylic or leather ... And if the city or someone wants to make my business emissions a big deal, the extractor would stop that issue in it's tracks.
I'm in the planning stage of getting started, and am getting the Creality 22W Falcon 2 in a couple weeks. Changed my mind from the Longer Ray5 20W, because of better cable management and seemingly better color results on stainless steel, ans the laser head adjustment looks a lot better with the Falcon 2. I'll have to find a place to just set it up in a garage with the exhaust hose going out the door for the short term, but I'm hoping the $2,000 mini extractor should be perfect as long as I'm engraving more than cutting. It might be tax time before I can think about the extractor.
Do slate coasters produce a lot of smoke? I'm mostly going to start with those and engraving stainless steel and anodized aluminum, but i have a wood project planned for a Christmas present 😁
Now that I finished this video and watched the one covering reasons the business could fail, I'll update this a little, lol.
I'm starting with a diode Lazer because of cost, mostly, but also because it can engrave stainless steel AND cut wood and other materials. I'm aware of the speed issue, but this is really just to get my foot in the door with all this, and I'll be focusing on products first, rather than engravings for people. I wish I could share an image of my woodworking design on here, too, I still have my basic drafting skills from High school, and designed a custom video game cabinet (kinda jewelry box sized, with 1/4" Cherry) because you can find carrying cases everywhere, but nothing nice for display or "in-use storage". The goal is to start making things, find something that can show some demand so I can duplicate it, and I'll reinvest every penny into better equipment and more lazers to get it to the point I wish I could just start with right now 🤣
Also, in the other video, you advised against opening a storefront. I completely agree (but shop space would be nice), and I have something to add. These machines can make products that are nice enough for existing local storefronts to add to their own inventory. It might be necessary to get a tax ID and register a business before they'll do much business with you, but that's also part of my plan, specifically with slate coasters. I'll go right to the local vape shop and talk to the owner with some examples in hand and a full catalog of AI art (already backed up on my laptop and converted to vector images) and see if they would consider placing an order.
Something new to me, also, that I've only seen 1 channel talk about, is laser engraving transfer tape ... For using diode lasers on glass. I'm assuming the ceramic tile trick with the titanium dioxide would also work on glass, but the tape would add more value because it's colorful and better quality.
Sorry for rambling 🤣 I feel like I'm drinking information from a firehose, learning all I can about this. Thank you for everything you do!
Another banger dude 💯💯 thanks for all the hard work.
Thank You sir! always appreciate support from another soldier in arms!
I think that pad that was sitting in the bottom drawer is actually a spare pre-filter that goes in the thin drawer above it (below the first big box you pulled out). It catches the big stuff to protect the more expensive filters. It's cheap and you replace it regularly. I've just bought the same unit a few weeks ago and I couldn't laser without it, its brilliant!
Correct, yes that is its purpose for sure, Thanks for watching! 👏
I use 2 pieces of window screen and pillow filling from hobby shops. It doesn't restrict airflow much, cheap and 1 bag lasts a long time.
Thank you! This is very helpful.
You're very welcome!
Just in time. After 3 years of worrying about water freeze, I finally got my 60watt CO2 out of the building and in the basement this week end. It was a tight fit, but it made it. Now I need too look at better way to deal with fumes.
Nice!
We need a video on fume extractors for Fiber Lasers 🙏
ok, noted!!
Everyone should be aware that even wood smoke contains carcinogens. My laser is currently out of service due to health concerns expressed by my wife. It will resume operation after I design a more effective filtration system and prove to my wife that all particulates and odors have been removed from the exhaust and CO levels are lower than produced by a gas range.
Even the EPA standards fall short of my wife's seal of approval.
Might be time to get a new one, lol.
This is a great filter if you do manly acrylic and other stuff that isn't to sticky. I have one, but i do most of the time wood and the stickiness of wood damage the filter in a way that you have to change filters each month or so. I now have an other filter from pureair with mineral flower in the system. this must to the job much better if you do wood most of the time.
Thanks for the tips!
Amazing! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
I want that T!
Hi there, I'm a new subscriber and am getting my laser (100W with 500 cfm minimum) hooked up for the first time as well as sourcing additional equipment. I was gifted a fume extractor and also plan to direct fumes outside with a 700+ cfm inline fan but wondered if you could comment on how to have both connected to the laser. I'm assuming a "y" connector but not sure what to use to close off extraction on the leg that's not being used. Since you have multiple extractors I'm curious how you alternate use of your extraction techniques shown here on your machines. BTW, thank you so much for a fine video!
Thanks you will want to invest in a Blast Gate for your installation and install these in line before right before the "Y" adapter on both sides of the "Y" At the "Y" Here is a link to a 4" blast gate and 6" blast gate, IM not sure what size hose you plan on using so that will dictate what size blast gate you buy. 4" Blast Gate: amzn.to/3NgwIef OR 6" Blast Gate: amzn.to/3CxYtd9 hope this helps
@@LaserEngraving911 Thank you!! You made my day! Waiting for your next awesome video . . .!
I'm looking to purchase a filter for a new laser I am about to buy and that Pure Aire unit looks like it would fit the bill. What does the filter sourcing process look like given it's a direct-from-China model? What do the filters cost?
Correct if you go with them you will be ordering the filters from them as well, the shipping $$ on the filters can be rough. Id take a serious look at the Filtrabox models. Easy shipping, better support and better filtration, way better actually the unit that is comparable to the one in my video will be the filtrabox.com/product/compact-x-fume-extractor/ , its professional unit, with a professional price, but you are getting what you pay for. I have a code for you LE911 if you do end up going with them you will get 1 year of extended warranty.
I would disagree about your message to not use a centrifugal blower. However I would agree to not use one of the Cheap Chinese versions. you need a high quality one. They can provide the highest airflow and power for its size. and the motor is not involved with the air flow so it won't fail due to particles getting into it from the exhaust air. These are the same blowers we have in all our central heat an air systems, for all those reasons. and because it is so powerful you can use longer runs and place it outside.
Thanks for sharing!
Can you do a video of how the inline fan setup?
I will I have a future video where Ill be using one!
Can I combine with the vent going outside for my dust collection? Not going thru my entire dust collection system, but just the vent port that going thru the wall outside
I dont see why not! I use a splitter like that with blast gates works fine.
My question is exhausting outside for hobbyist is cfm. Exhausting 500 cfm takes a block of air 10 x 50 sq tf per minute, so a room 10 x 12 with an 8’ ceiling (960 cubic feet). So that means the entire room vents once time every 2 minutes. A 1200 sq ft house would be turned over every 20 minutes of There goes the conditioned air of the entire house vented outside.
This may sound like a stupid question, but could you just vent the filtered air back into the laser creating a closed system, or would the air inside the enclosed laser become more toxic and not be good when you ran a project that may take 20 minutes to do?
Yes, it would require some modification to the laser housing.
That would be a very bad idea., you would hurt the laser and also the smoke and fumes could ignite and or interfere with the beam quality. I would not concern your self too much with all those metrics, in the end you want t strong inline fan to evacuate all the smoke and fumes outside, a a good fume extractor.
I meant after it went through a fume extractor then back into the machine. The air would have been cleaned, maybe some vocs would still be present in the cleaned air stream. Just a thought.
Been watching a few of your videos, great content. thanks. What type, brand, etc laser engraver would you suggest for a hobbiest type person. I make knives and want to laser my makers mark on the blade and maybe laser the handle material, like wood and acrylics. Thanks for any input you may provide.
Sure thing and thanks for commenting! For the blades and all metals you will want a fiber laser, and for the wood, acrylics and an handle material you will want a Co2 laser, not sure if buying both is within the hobby budget range, but if you want to do all the material you will need both systems.
Greetings from over the pond 🇬🇧 Hi Michael, I'm just revisiting your video on fume extraction. I've just purchased a budget fume extraction cabinet similar to the one in your video. The model is a qubo DX5000 II pulling 500cfm the inlet & outlets on the DX5000 are 4" the outlet on my Thunder is 6" I've ordered a 6/4 reducer to attach to the purification cabinet (DX5000) not sure if running 6" into the DX5000 & exiting with 4" flexible hose will choke the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Hey David, I have done this in the past, and its fine, I'm sure it going to work great for you! Thanks again for all your support on the channel!
@LaserEngraving911 Thanks for the reply Michael it's much appreciated. I shall rig this up over the weekend & let you know how I get on
What about a diode laser, 10 or 20W does the same apply that?
100% You always need good fume extraction with any laser engraving machine, Thanks for commenting!
What model is the bofa air extracter ?
I use the IQ500 in my shop now for about 5 years.
I will be purchasing an Epilog Fusion Maker and I’ve been investigating exhaust solutions. The laser cutter will be used to cut cast acrylic, wood, and fabric appliqué. You mentioned odor as a big concern when laser cutting. How far do the odors carry? Do you think I would be disturbing my neighbors who are about 40ft away?
Hey Sam, when you are cutting acrylic and leather, if the wind is blowing in their direction, they will prob smell it, wood fabric not so much, you might want to consider a pure -air fume extractor mentioned in my video to buffer the odors. before they leave the shop, one benefit of the fume extractor as well is the powerful exhaust CFM , with the fume extractor you wont have to worry about any odors strong enough to bother anyone outside
@@LaserEngraving911 Thanks for the quick reply! How expensive is the machine featured in your video? How expensive are replacement filters?
I just bought the xtool m1...I can't find cfm anywhere...Any ideas?
not sure if it has its own build in exhaust or not, if not you will want a inline fan with at least 400cfm with adjustable speed control.
Great content as usual... thanks for this specific vid - What model# is the BOFA for your EPILOG M2?
500IQ
@@LaserEngraving911 Thx man - keep up excellent vids.
Good subject! How about keeping Co2 lasers frost free in the frozen garage? Any good ideas?
I have the $75 heater, but it requires my chiller to run all the time also.
I'm looking for a way short of building a enclosure to keep chiller and tube warm w/o running chiller
@@urbancare5972 I run the aquarium setup through a 5 gallon bucket with lid and holes cut for tubing.
@@finalaccuracy7695 Do you have a chiller or just use the pump & bucket method?
Thanks!
@@finalaccuracy7695 I love how you guys are helping each other out...awesome!
Just what I was wanting advice on! Was doing the research over the weekend looking at the Infinity S8 with a flexible 4ply hose lined with a foil inside. Was also looking at fume extraction units both Bofa & Purex models although expensive it's something I would like to purchase in the future. Thanks for taking the time to make this video 👍
What does Pure air tech extractor cost?
Budget Friendly Fume Extractor (Non Affiliate Link)
Pure-Air Tech Fume Extractor System
LINK TO PRODUCT PAGE www.pure-airtech.com/Products...
MODEL: PA-800FS-HP-IQ (this unit shown in this video)
SIZE: 790 X 590 X 1256mm
CFM: 471/ 800m3/hr
POWER REQUIRMENTS: 110V
NOISE TESTED: 65db
Weight: 242.50 lbs
FILTER TYPE:4 FILTER
1: Large particle filter
2:F8 Medium density H13 HEPA Combined
3: Activated Charcoal Filter 35lbs Media
Sales Contact Person: Charlene Chen “Oversea Sales Manager” sales@pure-airtech.com
I think they range from 1800-3000, depend on what unit you get, for comparison my BOFA 500iq is 7000.00 so the Pure Air is more budget friendly
Extruded acrylic smells worse than cast acrylic
They are both nasty for sure.
I despise fume scrubbers. I run them for maybe a week or two and the CFM takes a nosedive and clogs up the filters. Its not worth the investment. I am only cutting Cordura and SQUADRON fabrics daily.
It must be the material or the particulate being created by the material your are cutting for sure, some materials can clog filter extremely fast, for example MDF should never be cut using a fume extractor because the glue used to make MDF clogs the filters, fume extractor are not for every application, but for most materials the do a great job. They def have purpose and place for the appropriate application.
I suggest metal dryer vent at the very least. Yes plastic is cheaper but the metal less likely to crimp and I think it's less likely to build up corrosion, but if it does u can blow it out easier with less likely chance of causing a hole.
Hey Zach, not a big fan of thin foil dryer venting, it tears to easy and can get unseen pin holes which can leak out fumes, I like to hook my gear up to something with thicker walls, not saying you cant use that, I just dont personally like using it, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. and thanks for watching. 👍
@@LaserEngraving911 thanks for the reply, my blower takes the 8 inch I bought the metal seems to be holding up well. started with a electric leaf blower to pass the fumes and got tired of the noise.