Since everyone here seemed to like my Pegboard designs, I figured I’d share this as well. When making the Only Sensor (see the home automation community or my site), I used this Solder Fume Extractor to keep my lungs nice and clean.
Fully 3D printable, and a full bill or materials on the link. Enjoy!
Hrm, not sure why the image returned a logo, but here it is:
Most of what you see on charcoal filters are literally just dust and water.
Plus, nobody actually keeps up with filter maintenance. Charcoal filters sitting in free air are horrible for this. Charcoal filters have a saturation time as a function of mass
I was looking into fiber laser safety for ABS vaporization for my company and came across a few studies (can’t find right now).
Activated charcoal filters in free air become saturated after like a week or so of use just because of the fact that they absorb both the tiny amount of unwanted compounds along with massive amounts of common air particles. You really need an enclosed container with butterfly valves like the Weller units https://www.weller-tools.com/us/en/filtration/products/solder-fumes with heavy carbon filters along with other absorbers in order to not completely saturate.
After the first week, the “solder fume extractor” filters are literally just collecting dust. Your charcoal filter looks exactly like my mesh computer dust filter in the picture as far as what it caught.
I’m using it with no high expectations as in „it’s probably better than nothing, and the fan pulls some of the fumes away from me”. As for ABS (which I’m printing VERY infrequently) I’ve printed Bento Box for my printer (from ABS of course) and haven’t actually mounted it on my printer yet (because I print with ABS/ASA so infrequently);) Besides that my printer sits in a boiler room which (like the rest of the house) is actively ventilated using a recuperation system.