Just a thought but if you were to be a little selective when you vacuum it up and keep the most toxic separate, You could take the rest and with a little glue creat some fire starters with it and create a side market for it! We use to buy some in the winter to start fires in our wood burning insert. So it is just a thought but you know what they say about one mans junk, and not the dangle junk!
I assume you are pointing this at me? I would recommend turning down the sensitivity meter a bit, as I read your post and comprehended it very well thank you. No one was throwing stones, just pointing out safety issues that would arise from using the sawdust in that manner you suggested. There is no practical way to sort out the good sawdust/chips from the bad sawdust/chips. Of the various woods we use in cuemaking, most are ok to burn, others are not so good, plus mix in any phenolic and man-made materials. In one cue there can be an assortment of good/bad woods that get cut all at the same time when tapering, going into one collection port...hence one barrel....see what I mean? Plus most cuemakers shops are small, so different dust collectors for different woods are not an option for most just based on space, let alone cost, especially just to start a side business to their side business. I do believe that if it can be used for another task, such as soaking up oil, use as a mulch etc. go for it. I am the son of a wood craftsman and have been around woodworking my whole life, and have recently just lost my Dad to lung cancer, even though he never smoked a day in his life. He did breathe in a ton of dust though. Hence my point about the safety issues.Another reading comp issue? I do believe that I said that if a little exercise in selection while vacuuming up and segregating the material, so what that means is find a way to get ride of the bad stuff keep the good and create fire starters! maybe not done in the part of the country where your at but maybe done in others, as well as a market with people who practice survival. Not only the above, but to let it sit till you have piles of saw dust cannot be very wise for not only the builder but his wife and family if it is a home business, by letting all that fire hazard sitting there and compiling with unknown amounts of mixed material. I would think it would be a little smarter to clean and dispose after every job, that would help in cutting back hazardous mix of material. Then take the non-hazardous and REPURPOSE!!!
I don't think we need to throw stones at each other and pick apart what I or anyone says! But I am willing to argue a point with anyone as I am still willing to learn something everyday!
Sawdust, what becomes of all that great sawdust in your shop?
Bacote and Maple, Ebony, Cocobolo, the rare and exotic wood that you use.
There has to be lbs and lbs, every year, where does it all go?
One third of my shop is for cue making. A third is for working on my old cars. The last third is for working on heavy equipment. I use the wood chips to soak up oil and hydalic fluid.
...Do not use walnut. It will kill dogs if water gets in it and they drink it.
One third of my shop is for cue making. A third is for working on my old cars. The last third is for working on heavy equipment. I use the wood chips to soak up oil and hydalic fluid.
Please tell about your Hot Rod Ford.
I cannot believe what I'm seeing, about 50yrs age and Cherry Stock!
Even the suspension is showroom stock / factory stock.
Nothing on that automobile has been touched, door panels, interior, steering wheel, glass, Nothing!
Push that out into the daylight and JPEG it to death.