snaxforgandhi
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Hola,
Yeah, Paint is just the resident draw app that has come with pretty much all the various incarnations of Windows (I think). The app itself is totally rinky-dink, but there's a wide network of Paint fans out there, and there are third party developers who, with Bill Gates' blessing, have built it into a quite powerful draw and edit program. hXXp://www.getpaint.net/index.html
If you're interested in drawing and drafting apps, I can highly recommend Visual CAD or Generic CAD for a CAD app, and Google's Sketch-Up for 3D work. I have used Auto, Visual and Generic CAD (though only Auto professionally) and I can say without reservation that Generic and Visual are orders of magnitude more intuitive than Auto. Visual CADD has my vote for price and versatility, as it also allows you to post process.
Google's Sketch-Up is free, and is probably the most powerful 3D drawing app in the world that is still easily and freely accessible to the everyman. I can't say enuf about this app, it just rocks.
Best,
~Snax
Yeah, Paint is just the resident draw app that has come with pretty much all the various incarnations of Windows (I think). The app itself is totally rinky-dink, but there's a wide network of Paint fans out there, and there are third party developers who, with Bill Gates' blessing, have built it into a quite powerful draw and edit program. hXXp://www.getpaint.net/index.html
If you're interested in drawing and drafting apps, I can highly recommend Visual CAD or Generic CAD for a CAD app, and Google's Sketch-Up for 3D work. I have used Auto, Visual and Generic CAD (though only Auto professionally) and I can say without reservation that Generic and Visual are orders of magnitude more intuitive than Auto. Visual CADD has my vote for price and versatility, as it also allows you to post process.
Google's Sketch-Up is free, and is probably the most powerful 3D drawing app in the world that is still easily and freely accessible to the everyman. I can't say enuf about this app, it just rocks.
Up to you Boss Either will give you oodles more area. In my last system I used two Filtrete Clean-Air 16"x25"x1" panels to replace the single 16"x20" stock filter. I should point out that when I used cheapy filters from Home Depot or wherever, they tended to want to collapse when they got full from the increased pressure. I was gonna mount a length of angle iron to support them (see pic), but I found that the Filtrete, being a name brand, had a more stout "frame" to it and didn't need the extra support. I'll probably mount side braces to my current system anyway though, just to be thorough.DonJones said:Are 2 each 25" x16" filters installed in a tented arrangement enough or should I go bigger like 2 each 25" X 20"?
You bet. hXXp://www.globalindustrial.com/g/maintenance/access-doors/access-doors/hinged-duct-access-doorsDonJones said:Also, is it okay To create a hinged door way through which to access the filers versus a sliding cover?
Nope, won't hurt a thing. As long as you can seal it, pretty much any hole is cool so long as it is not compromising the structural integrity of the duct.DonJones said:Will it hurt anything to cut finger hold notches in the duct, so long as they are covered by the slider piece? That way I can get a hold of the filter and control it as I lift it out.
No problem. One trick for keeping pop rivet holes from "bleeding" is to drill the hole thru both components, squirt a glob of RTV into both holes, then mate the two and rivet.DonJones said:Also if I keep it located where the rivet heads line up with the slot in the duct surface, will it hurt anything to fasten a piece of angle iron to the outside of the slide piece to stiffen it up?
I would say no, there's not much to gain by leaving the old perpendicular filter in, and a lot to lose in term of restriction.DonJones said:Is there anything to be gained by leaving the current vertical filter in and adding the tented filter set up stream of it or should I remove the current vertical one and just close off the opening? I could use the less expesnive fiberglass filters in the tented set and keep the stage loading on where it is or replace it with some other type of washable filter.
Best,
~Snax