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The cobbled together box fan may work better than a Dyson, but my wife isn't going to let me put a cobbled together box fan in the library.

People care about aesthetics. There are entire industries built around this, even in technical areas (industrial design, UX, etc...)

So the Dyson wins simply because it will exist in the house and clean a portion of the air, while the Sanford and Son rig won't be in the house and will clean zero air.



> my wife isn't going to let me put a cobbled together box fan in the library

Perhaps https://smartairfilters.com/en/product/sqair-air-purifier/ ? It's simply a fan + filter in an attractive box.


Vornado has a similar model (qube50) and I would trust them to stick around longer.


So hire a cabinet maker to build a nice box around it.


So hire a cabinet maker to build a nice box around it.

For that price of a good cabinet maker, I could buy a whole fleet of Dysons.


Great project for kids and cardboard, too.




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