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Title: Workshop safety
Post by woodsmith on Apr 11^th, 2004, 5:29pm

When I am routing I always wear a leather apron. Even with good dust extraction the router fires wood chips at high velocity, usually at about groin level. :o

The chips can pass through clothing and irritate the skin, causing a nasty rash, which could be hard to explain. :-[

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by HandyMac on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:30pm

wrote on Apr 11^th, 2004, 5:29pm:

When I am routing I always wear a leather apron. Even with good dust extraction the router fires wood chips at high velocity, usually at about groin level.

What am I doing wrong then?

When I'm routing I very rarely get wood chips coming out, it's more of a fine dust most of the time, and not nearly enough kinetic energy in those particles to give Barbie a hot flush if she was sunbathing in the nude.

Andrew

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by woodsmith on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:35pm

HandyMac, its when you are rounding over or using a dovetail jig etc. So the chips can fly out, and even the fine dust can work through your clothing.

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by woodsmith on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:40pm

Another safety tip in the same area!!

When you are working with wood and need to pee, always wash your hands before unzipping.

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by Dewy on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:48pm

I sometimes worked with carbide burrs on hard steel & cleaning hands before a pee was a must. Those steel splinters got everywhere. :(

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by HandyMac on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:52pm

wrote on Apr 11^th, 2004, 6:40pm:

When you are working with wood and need to pee, always wash your hands before unzipping.

Blimey, how the heck did I ever manage without these forums? ;)

Andrew

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by woodsmith on Apr 11^th, 2004, 9:57pm

This forum is going places other forums never venture.

Seriously there is a nasty cancer (arn't they all) associated with wood dust in this sphere(s) of operation.

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by coggy on Apr 11^th, 2004, 10:05pm

Iroko dust is really bad for you, i dont know what effects it has on you long term but i have experienced the tightness in my chest even when using a mask :-X

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by Dewy on Apr 11^th, 2004, 10:36pm

All wood dust is a carcinogen.
Hard wood more so as the dust is finer.
Its a pity it wasn't known when my father in law was alive & constantly complained about western red cedar dust causing the asthma that led to him being too week to fight off a heart attack 25 years ago.

Title: Re: Workshop safety
Post by HandyMac on Apr 11^th, 2004, 11:30pm

wrote on Apr 11^th, 2004, 10:36pm:

All wood dust is a carcinogen.

It almost seems odd that that's the case because it is a natural product which you don't have to butcher with chemicals etc in order to work with it - unlike things like raw oil which require a lot of rework to become useful.

Andrew