The author discusses their love of soldering but dislike of the hazardous fumes it produces. They have found a portable fume extractor called the Winged Sentry SS-200-WS to safely remove soldering fumes. The extractor is high quality, powerful, and has various filters to thoroughly clean the air before releasing it. While expensive, the author sees it as a worthwhile investment for their health to allow safe soldering over the long term. A video demonstrates how the extractor works and the author's excitement about being able to breathe freely while soldering.

1. I could
solder in
my
bedroom”
Author and jewelry
artist Deryn
Mentock on
soldering, solder
fumes, and lung
protection

2. Soldering....love, love, love soldering
. Hate the fumes! If you do any
amount of soldering, at all, you
know how much smoke it
produces. Breathing that stuff is
really hazardous to your health.
For a long, long while, it's been my
intention to ramp up the soldering
activities on my work bench. One
of the reasons I've hesitated is
that I don't have a proper vent
hood. Wife Whisperer, good as he
is, I don't think would be willing to
punch a hole in our garage wall,
ceiling, or whatever-it-takes to get
me a hood that vents to the
outside.
But, I've found a solution.

3. Isn't it beautiful?
I ran across this on my friend Catherine Witherell's facebook page.
She highly recommends it. I do too.
Let me introduce you to my lovely new machine: the Winged Sentry
SS-200-WS. You can read all the technical stuff about microns and
particles, on the website: Sentry Air Systems, Inc. Suffice it to say,
this baby sucks up all the bad stuff from soldering.

4. I could probably solder in my bedroom
now, if I wanted to.
Not that I want to.
 It's high quality. I'm fortunate
enough to live nearby Sentry's
headquarters so I made a little visit,
to check this thing out, and save on
shipping. I spoke to one of the co-
owners and was very impressed by
what I saw. While this machine
doesn't have a lot of fancy parts,
what it does have is very high
quality. It's gonna last me forever!
 It's portable. If I ever, ever get to
move into that 3000 square foot
studio of my dreams, I can take this
with me.
Terrific and impressive points about this
fume extractor:

5. It's powerful. Again, click
here to read about all that
techie stuff. Your nose
won't even be able to tell
your soldering.
It has wings! The wings
aren't for flying but for
better capture. I also
purchased the "cover"...a
long piece of acrylic that
hinges onto the top,
covering the wings. It
allows for even better
capture. Yeah!

6. It has an awesome
hepa filter, as well as a
carbon filter. The filters
are easy to replace.
They're lung savers.
It sucks up other stuff
besides smoke. I can
use if for dust and
particles, of all
kinds...sanding,
grinding, filing and
fumes.
filters
“long piece of acrylic
that hinges onto the top,
covering the wings”

7. It wasn't cheap.
However, many of the
less expensive
brands merely suck up
the smoke/fumes,
and spit them out the
back...without a proper
filter. While it's good to
get that smoke away
from your face, the
particulates are still
lurking, waiting to drift
into your lungs. I think
this was a really, really
good investment.
So, here's the dealio.
Table excerpted from Solder Fume Test:
Sentry vs Weller: http://bit.ly/1efogFu

8. Here's a little vid to show you how it
works and how geek-ily excited I am
about it.
Happy breathing!
deryn xxoo

9. Here's a little vid to show you how it
works and how geek-ily excited I am
about it.
Happy breathing!
deryn xxoo

10. Deryn Mentock:
Blog: http://somethingsublime.typepad.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somethingsublime
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/frescadeb/deryn-mentock-artist-jewelry/
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mocknet
Resources
Hazards of Solder Fumes
http://www.sentryair.com/solder-fumes.htm

11. www.sentryair.com