In case you dont think you need to wear a mask when building cues, look at this.

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I normally don't wear a mask, I just let my dust collector do its job. Tonight I decided I was gonna turn a bunch of squares round, so I wore a mask. I turned 2 striped ebony, 2 African blackwood, 1 gaboon ebony, 1 curly bubinga, and 3 tulipwood squares round. It took longer than I thought, but even with the dust collector on and only one vent open to increase the suction, my mask was totally full of dust. Crazy isn't it? I couldn't see the dust, but it was surely there. The wood turned out pretty good though. Lol.

Joe
 

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good post joe!

i'll take 1 ebony, 1 curly bubinga & 1 tulip please
paypal ok with you?

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Joe,
I have some semi-curly bubinga myself. That first piece of ebony looks awesome, I mean awful. I'll take it off your hands, so you don't have to look at it anymore.

Merry Christmas,
Alan
 
Hey Joe that mask looks like it did its job........... But if you didn't already, invested in a quality mask. You should look into one. Another bit of advice is don't get so excited turning wood and you wouldn't be breathing so heavy. You accumulated more particles then my dust collector. Frank
 
Nice looking rounds Joe.... As far as the mask goes. I have a half mask and another snorkle type mask. (best for beards) Wood dust is bad but for those turning and sanding G10/G11. That stuff is really bad. Nothing like floating glass particles in the air to grind up your lungs. Or carbon fiber to make you itch.

Best to always wear your mask. I keep mine in a freezer bag to help the cartridges last longer. It helps. BTW I cut my G10/G11 with a wet saw to try and keep the dust down but it still gets in the air.

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Oh, that was great Tom...LOL !!!

And, great post...I just got some squares in...and I'll definately be wearing a mask!

jwe
 
Thats some purty stuff there Joe.

I learnded my lesson sanding an ebony sneaky blank without a mask on.

My face looked like a Kentucky coal miner and I was blowing black snot for at least 2 days after.

I have a dust collector but not an air scrubber yet. I won't do any more sanding on that blank until I hang one up. And definitely not without my respirator on next time.

The entire shop and everything in it was also black.
 
TomHay said:
I told that to the Judge about my Ex wife, cost me about 5K, asked the Judge if he wanted to go double or nothing.
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Tom....now that was funny. BTW that wood that is stabilized "impregnated"...is usually done with a proprietary blend of methyl methacrylate, and when sanded turns into a fine dust. (as most of you know) Again, not something you probably want to inhale on a regular basis.
 
Thanks for the reminder. Everyone should use a mask or respirator. I use a respirator made for asbestos and dust. Works really well, so well, I have to change cartridges regularly.
 
conetip said:
You are lucky. Most of what you have turned would put me in hospital.
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Man that would suck Neal. The only wood I've had any trouble with so far is mahogany. I cored a piece the other day and have had a sore throat ever since.

Joe
 
Sport666 said:
Hey Joe that mask looks like it did its job........... But if you didn't already, invested in a quality mask. You should look into one. Another bit of advice is don't get so excited turning wood and you wouldn't be breathing so heavy. You accumulated more particles then my dust collector. Frank
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If you don't get excited seeing that striped ebony and African blackwood come to life as you turn it round, you need a new hobby. Lol.

Joe
 
whammo57 said:
3M Tekk Protection Professional Multipurpose Respirator

http://www.walmart.com/ip/15541802?...1=g&wl2=&wl3=13691047630&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem

I wear this almost all the time when working in my shop.

If you can smell what you re working with ........ it's killing you.

Kim
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I can't wear those man. I wore masks like the ones in the pics I posted when I sprayed clear coat on cars and they worked pretty good, so if the filtered that air, then I knew they would work for my cue shop. I knew it was working pretty well last night when I would pull it away from my face to get a cool breath of air and I smelled a strong wood smell.

Joe
 
The only wood I've had any trouble with so far is mahogany. I cored a piece the other day and have had a sore throat ever since.
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Not posedto do them with your teeth Joeseph.
 
I use a dust collector with a box around the router, and have a air cleaner hanging right above the tapering lathe. Even with the DC on, I recently cut some bright pink dyed square and the outer filter on the air cleaner was as pink as the wood. I have a 13'x20' shop and my air cleaner changes the air (on med. speed) at least 25 times an hour. Since getting the new one, I don't notice as much dust on everything in the shop and less hazey air after cutting stuff. Plus it cuts down on the fire hazards.
Dave
 
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