Venting my spleen... or atleast my airbrush
Clearing the air
I’ve just gotten my Benchvent BV300S-D. I am excited as anything at the purchase. It also makes me excited to know my effort for my exhaust fan project has not been in vain. This quick look at the insides of the product should be a lesson for anyone else who wants to build something like it themselves.
Taking bits apartIt has a very swank outside to look at. On quick inspection the construction is very simple of a plain frame, sitting on a rubber gasket, that holds over the filter media with some hand tightened screws. This sits in front of the fan held inside the casing which pulls out the fumes. I thought it was going to be so much more difficult.
The only differences between what I’m doing thus far and this new unit for hobbying is that the Benchvent has a powder coat finish and what appear to be precision tack welds for the panels (which may very well be robotic but likely handmade).
Considering what I do in my shop all day with sheet metal I can do this myself no sweat. I could spend the money to coat my fan at a shop down the road but do I really need to? Nah, I’ll skip that and build up the fan without those bells and whistles.
Considering my current knowledge of electrical systems (i.e. none) I’ll turn to the Internet and learn. This might become what I do for my sheet metal apprenticeship course instead of some dumb toolbox project.
Wow, quite a unique project you’ve got here fella. This’ll be interesting, watching you flex new skills to build something hobby related. How exciting!