fumehood when building my lab

[4metals]

An IBC container would work well but the plastic is thin. You would need to leave the support grid on and I would pour a concrete floor about 2 or 3 inches thick. Then you can put your hot plate directly on the concrete and not worry about heat. Epoxy seal the concrete to make spill cleanup easier.

If you stacked 2 containers as you suggest you must be one tall guy! That puts the work surface at 4 feet high!

Keep in mind an IBC can have an opening around 4 feet wide and 2 feet high, that requires about 800 CFM of exhaust.

 

[Richard NL]

If you leave the support grid on, the most accessible side would be the top side.
No grid, and no pallet.
The only disadvantage is that the average top of the ibc is not flat.
You can however work around that.
Put the ibc container upside down in the support grid.

I think the best thing to do isut the 2 ibc on their sides, on top of each other.
That puts the work surface about 3,4 feet high.
±4 inches higher than the standard kitchen counter height.
For light work, this is the ideal working height for me.
And I'm a small person compared to the average dutch height.
Population is among the world's tallest, with young men averaging 183.8 cm (6 ft 0.4 in) tall. (according to Wikipedia).

The bottom ibc with an opening, can be used for storage.

If you have an opening around 4 feet wide, this means that you have cut out the corners as well.
The structural strength of the ibc is reduced dramatically.

Thank you for your interest,hopefully there will be a simple and cheap, movable, modular fume hood, in the future for the refiner.

Best regards Richard.