[sdiy] Fume extraction

[Nathan Trites]

I would love to get something like the Weller, how do you feel about the
volume level on that one? A system that turns on when the iron is lifted
would be wonderful, but that's a much steeper investment.

Like Todd, I'm also in the market for something. I'm doing a lot of repair
work on keyboards, so something I can maneuver above my bench would be
ideal, where extension tubes or arms don't double the price. I'm OK with
DIY for the hose and some kind of arm if needed, but would prefer at least
the extraction side of things be off the shelf.

Most extractor reviews I've read have wildly different baselines for noise
level which makes the purchase daunting, or don't specify if they're in a
production environment or home office. Forum posts implying an extractor is
as loud as a shop vac when others say the same model was whisper quiet. On
the other hand I saw a lot of this when I bought a projector and the "above
average" volume one I got is no louder than a laptop fan, so maybe I need
to just bite the bullet.

Nathan

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 1:13 PM Vladimir Pantelic via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> Weller Zero Smog EL kit, never looked back
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2022, 16:56 Todd Sines <sines_list at scale.la> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of fume extraction, my DIY production and Mr. Fixit repairs have
>> been in high gear over the last few years.
>> Not daily, but sometimes it’s all I do for a few days, 8-10 hours a day.
>> I do not want occupational asthma, which I am sure I have been somewhat
>> exposed to.
>>
>> What are your suggestions, aside from my current, which is an inverted
>> CPU fan on adjustable “helper hands”, with a scouring pad to catch all of
>> the “bad stuff”?
>> It became too much to wear a paint respirator mask all the time. But I
>> hope I don’t regret this.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>> Todd
>>
>> > On May 19, 2022, at 6:30 42AM, Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
>> >
>> > 1. not if you have proper fume extractor. The competition was sponsored
>> by soldering equipment vendors, so each seat had about $5k worth of
>> equipment on it, including of course fume extractor.
>> >
>> > Roman
>> >
>> > W dniu 2022-05-18 o 22:09, Mattias Rickardsson pisze:
>> >> Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl <mailto:modular at go2.pl>> skrev:
>> >>    Did you know that there used to be European Soldering Championship
>> >>    taking place during Productronica trade show?
>> >>    Not sure if it's still organized though. Because of Covid last 2
>> >>    editions of national championship were canceled
>> >> That's quite (soldering) ironic, since
>> >> 1. sniffing soldering fumes is more hazardous than sniffing the
>> exhaust air from people during covid
>> >> 2. how likely is it that participants of a soldering competition ever
>> sees other people and get contagious anyway?
>> >> ;-)
>> >> /mr
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