[Crw-talk] Dust mask protection

[Jim Cox]

Dan, 

If I can give my two cents worth about workshops, and safety, You have two
ears, plug them up, you have two eyes, get some safety glasses on. You have
ten fingers, use a push stick or buy a saw stop. But your lungs are
something that runs your whole body, you can live without the rest of the
things, but your breathing is something you should invest in. Menards sells
a smaller barrel type dust/air cleaner, they are yellow and I have one along
with another air cleaner. The unit sells for about $130.00 and it sucks some
air particles pretty good enough for a  small shop. You can use the dust
mask along with this to help clean the air out of the shop. The smaller
particles is what will really hurt you and they can just sit inside of your
lungs, making it harder to breath every day. If you are planning on doing
any amount of work in the shop in the future, make a little investment with
your shop and try to keep the air clean. The mask will help and check to see
how much of the smaller particles it catches though. If you are working with
MDF, these particles contain formaldehyde and this is really bad for anyone
to be breathing also. 

 

Jim Cox

Safety Coordinator -WalzCraft Industries

Owner-Clean Shavings Woodworking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: crw-talk-bounces at crwoodturner.com
[mailto:crw-talk-bounces at crwoodturner.com] On Behalf Of Dan Erickson
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:03 AM
To: crw-talk at crwoodturner.com
Subject: [Crw-talk] Dust mask protection

 

Greetings all,

 

So I am running into a bit of a dilemma that i didnt have while in Hawaii.
In Hawaii my workshop was outdoors and had nice breezes to move the dust
particles away fairly well. I did from time to time have to use a dust mask.
Now move forward to present day in Wisconsin with my shop in a Garage with
little to no air flow and I have myself in quite a pickle. I purchased some
dust masks from menards to use but I am not 100% sure on how well they will
work for the small particles. I was wondering if anyone had some
recommendations for someone on a budget? Any advice would be greatly
appreciated. On a positive and side note my schedule has finally appeared to
balance itself out and I will be available for the next woodturners meeting.


 

Thank you for your time.

 

 

Daniel Erickson

Turning a New Leaf

(608) 406-6771

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