I have Beamer set up to vent out a window. It has recently occured to me that with winter coming it might be smarter to leave the vent and fan setup in place and tape around it. so I’m not opening the window wide to install unit.
are most folks operating with a permanent window mount or only as needed?
I use this window dryer vent, and I put it in the window each time I use the Glowforge. This is partly due to needing to set the security system, which has window sensors. But you could certainly leave it in place, it has a little metal gate that flips up when air is flowing out. If you did that, you’d probably want to pack some insulation around and over it to keep that thin steel from chilling down your room.
While I paid through the nose for a new high efficiency furnace, it bequeathed to me a vacant vent from the furnace room to up through the roof. Score.
Glowria sits right in front of a window, so I pop my duct out on the left and then plug the window with an old blanket. Not very practical, but then I’m only running it a few hours a week right now. I’m always worried my neighbors think I’m cooking something.
my neighbors can’t really see my vent easily. Though it does stick out. I wanted to make sure that once I get to start cutting leather the odor started out further away from the window itself.
Same vent as @cynd11 with an additional blast gate on the inside. Lined the vent on the interior side with 2" of styrofoam and have the window locked down with 1" dowels cut to length. No drafts and secure. That’s about as permanent as I wanted to get, it’s not going anywhere. (3rd floor back window to boot…)
Unfortunately the PERFECT spot in my workroom is above the entrances to four townhouses, so I had to set up Friggin’ in my guest room. (Not like anyone’s been using it in Covid anyway…)
This what I use and it’s awesome and made in the USA. A little pricey but worth it in my opinion. I have it up right now in winter and I screwed it into the window frame to prevent break ins and to make it super stable. The drafts around it feel not so bad.
When I first got Beamer I vented out a sliding door. I got it in November and we moved to the current house in January. Hello double hung windows. last house had casement windows and I would have had to put Beamer in the basement becsause venting out upstairs would have been a booger.