: Heh. It's upstate NY, and I'm not heating with wood. Granted,
: winters around Albany aren't anything near the winters I grew up
: with in the Adirondacks, but they're cold enough. I was thinking
: the window exhaust would be more applicable during the warm
: months. As for dust... well, the pollen around here's bad
: enough. Wash your car one day, leave it out the next, and it
: needs another wash, for those that still care.

: We've got one of those dryer boxes, too. Internal lint filter, and
: the box has a baffle that's supposed to help, too. I'm hoping
: it'll keep the humidity level up during the winter (we're
: heating primarily with natural gas... I can put 2 liters in the
: heater's pan twice a day), plus reduce the NG portion of our
: utilities. If we're drying our clothes, we may as well heat the
: apartment with it, too.

: I'll try the fan/filter concept.

For working inside, specially in the winter where you don't want to open windows, might look at something like this: http://cdn6.grizzly.com/catalog/2010/main/trApR9m8/185.jpg

While they aren't super cheap, they do suck up a fair quantity of fine dust which can get really awful in an apartment.

Bill H.