I will soon be taking a path to the world of basket illusions and would appreciate your recommendations for bench top smoke evacuators including the types of filters you use. Thank you.
Ditto!I don't use any, but then I'm not burning wood, I'm coloring it with heat. At best, I get little whiffs of odor. Basket illusions are meant to be just that, illusions that mimic woven baskets. They don't have dark black lines between the strands of reed used for weaving.
To paraphrase a comment from Bill Boehme, if you are sending out smoke signals, you might want to turn down the heat a little bit.
Amazon search: Fume & Smoke ExtractorsI will soon be taking a path to the world of basket illusions and would appreciate your recommendations for bench top smoke evacuators including the types of filters you use. Thank you.
To paraphrase Graeme Priddle, if the wood isn't squeaking, you are wasting your time. To get a hard black burned line, you have to make smoke.I don't use any, but then I'm not burning wood, I'm coloring it with heat. At best, I get little whiffs of odor. Basket illusions are meant to be just that, illusions that mimic woven baskets. They don't have dark black lines between the strands of reed used for weaving.
To paraphrase a comment from Bill Boehme, if you are sending out smoke signals, you might want to turn down the heat a little bit.
Just as I start typing, Roger says it for me!A small dust collector blower or other inline blower with a 4" flex pipe that can be positioned near the work and vented outside (use this on a laser cutter I set up), or an enclosed hood with a kitchen hood above, again venting outside. 3-400 cfm should be plenty if the back and sides are enclosed. Use a smoke candle to test whether the flows are sufficient.
Air flow is air flow. If sucking or blowing moves the same amount of air over the work it could affect the tip temperature.I use a small fan to "suck" the smoke and fumes away. Anything that blows directly on what you are burning will cool the tip of the pen and cause problems.