My ventilation system consists of me opening my garage door and rolling my lathe as close to outside as I can.
Should I be fine if I use a good dust mask? Who makes a good one?
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iam same way garage door up and a fan or 2 blowing across the lathe ,,i use a full face shield well turning it helps alot keeping dust out face ,, never had much luck with dust masks not fogging the shield ,,
Quote from: M,Yingling on February 25, 2019, 03:54:39 PM
iam same way garage door up and a fan or 2 blowing across the lathe ,,i use a full face shield well turning it helps alot keeping dust out face ,, never had much luck with dust masks not fogging the shield ,,
Same here. I use a shield and if I put any mask on it gets fogged up.
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I would think a good respirator will be better than a dust mask. I aslo think your lungs will thank you for doing that, a lot of those different kind of trees, the dust is going to be very bad for you............... i'm a cabinetmaker for 30 years, been breathing a lot of crap over that time, protect yourself..
I use a 3M full face respirator. Keeps my face/head protected from flying projectiles (usually black palm....lol) and the filters are replaceable and inexpensive.
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^ what Tom said!
Mark you need a respirator. You can buy something adequate a lowes or somewhere similar for 30 bucks or so. Just be sure to change the cartridges at least every month. I have always hated wearing one but when you have a really bad sinus infection one time you will change your mind. I have ordered a forced air full face deal with a hepa filter and am really looking forward to getting it. You are building fantastic calls so do everything to stay healthy in order to enjoy yourself.
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Take it from someone who knows,I've abused my lungs since I was twenty years old,from coal dust,smoking,to metal and grinding dust from making knives,and wood dust from turkey calls,now I'm on oxygen twenty four hours a day,doing rehab trying to get off.What ever you do at least get a good 3M mask,a respirator would be better,you just got one set of lungs.
Spend the money and get a dust collector, you won't regret it.....it's the most important tool in my shop.
Thanks guys. I'm not sure how a dust collector would work with my set up. I sort of have a mobile shop right now. I have benches for my drill press, band saw, etc, but my late and all the tools are on wheels and I roll it in front of an open garage door.
I think I'll be going with a full ventilator mask. This seems to be the best for my current set up.
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Quote from: ChainReactionGC on February 25, 2019, 10:35:09 PM
I use a 3M full face respirator. Keeps my face/head protected from flying projectiles (usually black palm....lol) and the filters are replaceable and inexpensive.
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Ding ding ding. This is what i would like to have. Currently use a 3m respirator in conjunction with face shield. Read somewhere that turning wood with no protection is worse than smoking. 3M Medium Half Facepiece Reusable Respirator 7502/37082(AAD), Respiratory Protection, Medium https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008MCUT86/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_WsOECbRGW4TVS
Is the one i have
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I use a RZ Mask. They are light wait and cool. They stop .1 microns. My favorite is the M2 with the F3 filter. You can see them at rzmask.com They Dias good a job as my respirator but allow me to properly wear my face shield over it unlike my respirator.