Solder Fume Extractor From Old Hairdryer

I have made a couple of solder fume extractors using Altoids tins. You can find instructions for these on the Internet. However, I always found that I had to get the extractor very close to the soldering, and this was not always easy to do.

The other day I was clearing out my workbench, and I found an old hair dryer saved from another project. It struck me that with this, I could make something that was much easier to position close to the source of the solder fumes. 

It turned out to be very simple. I think the video explains it well. Here are the parts, materials and tools I used.
Easy.

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Comment by Andrew Terranova on May 11, 2012 at 12:43pm

Good luck with converting your wife's hair dryer. 

Someone on another website suggested leaving the AC power in place instead of converting to a DC battery. This would work, but you have to reverse each of the four diodes on the fan motor so that it will run in the opposite direction. 

Either way, it should work. Enjoy!

Comment by James Floyd Kelly on May 11, 2012 at 11:51am

Nice, Andrew!  

My wife's been complaining about her hair dryer, so I may force the issue and just take it and retrofit it for a fume extractor... buy her a new one.  Thanks for the video!

Jim

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