[Woodcarver] Re: Woodcarver Digest, Vol 582, Issue 1

[Bill Smith]

 u can also get a mask at home depot which is a good
one and u can change the mask for different things as
well and is approved by osha.

Bill

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> >     I have had good luck with a half mask toxic

dust

> respirator that I got at 

> the Woodcraft store for abouty $35. It fits nicely

> over my nose and mouth and 

> doesn't fog my glasses like the one I used to use.

> According to the box, it 

> meets OSHA and NIOSH requirements for toxic dust and

> particles. See item 141621 

> in the Woodcraft catalog.

>      I use it in conjunction with a table top dust

> collector I built based on 

> plans in the Fall, 2001 issue of Woodcarving

> Illustrated   (Issue no. 16, 

> page 63). It is powered by three computer fans; I

> used the older style fans which 

> are about 4 inches square. The fans pull the air

> through a 6 inch by 16 inch 

> Purolator air filter that I got in the auto section

> at Walmart backed up by an 

> inch thick Varathane sanding pad and a conventional

> window air conditioner 

> filter. The whole unit is about 20 inches wide, 7

> inches deep and 6 inches high. 

> The filters are easily removed so I can periodically

> take them out and whack 

> them against a tree to remove the collected dust.

> The collector plugs into the 

> same power board as my rotary tools so when ever I

> flip on the switch to 

> power carve the dust collector starts up. I was able

> to scrounge the fans free 

> from a computer repairer so the whole setup cost me

> only about $25 or $30. 

>       Ned Megargee

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