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Photonerd
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 00:51
Hello everyone,

Can anyone recommend a good studio wind machine that is not too expensive (<$1000).

Thanks in advance.
ryant35
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 01:15
http://www.adorama.com/RFREF2T.html?sid=11839578912487769

No recommendation as these are no anything I have ever had a use for, but this is what I found on Froogle.com
cdifoto
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 01:17
Can't you use a regular fan? Or are they too weak?
JWright
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 01:44
Go to Home Depot or someplace like that and get a stand fan designed for industrial use. You'll probably pay a lot less for it and it will work just as well.
cdifoto
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 01:52
Go to Home Depot or someplace like that and get a stand fan designed for industrial use. You'll probably pay a lot less for it and it will work just as well.

That's kind of what I was thinking. It's only a nasty solution if it was in a greasy garage first. :)
Greg_C
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 05:59
You may want to chuck some form of variable speed drive on the fan. i.e. speed control like a dimmer switch. This might give you better control of the speed of the fan than the usual slow, medium, and fast.
Zilly
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 06:16
you can use a house hold fan youll just need a shroud for it build one out of cardboard will work fine
Photonerd
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 10:15
Go to Home Depot or someplace like that and get a stand fan designed for industrial use. You'll probably pay a lot less for it and it will work just as well.

Good idea. I'll give that a try. That will probably save me a ton of cash.

By the way does anyone know the functional difference between a portable fan from home depot and say a bowens jet stream or a mole-richardson wind machine?

I'm just wondering if it's just a brand, low noise and durability thing, or a significant difference in the special effect you will see in the picture.

Thanks again.
Zilly
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 10:25
its just amount of power how ever if you shroud it you'll get improved results so long as you dont want a really wide shot youll be fine
tweatherred
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 11:29
Mcmaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com/)has a large selection of industrial fans; you should be able to find something good there.