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While cruising craigslist for a cheap welding fume extractor (I saw 20 year old one for $1700) I had a flash idea of making my own with some materials I had on hand (there's a long line of those projects). Then had the thought that I already have a suction fan in the shop in the form of the shop vac. A couple years ago I found an idea on the web and I modified my shop vac to sit on a 5 gal bucket so the oil and chips fall into the bucket while the filter stays relatively clean above the bucket the intake hose goes into. I have ordered activated charcoal filters from Amazon to fit in the top portion of the vacuum and will report back on how well it works, or not. The vac is too loud for prolonged use but will effect a decent, ready made suction and filter to see if the charcoal filters clean the smokey, oily air...