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I'm drowning in grinding dust...help!
Q. Hi, I have a small jewelry shop and do quite a bit of glass and metal grinding with various polishing wheel materials using a hand-held flex shaft but the dust is killing me. I cannot have a system that requires a compressor because of the noise factor but I can exhaust to the outside. Any suggestions?
Kieli Storm- Scituate, Massachusetts USA
2007
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JET DC-650BK Dust Collector
30-Micron Bag Filter, 650 CFM, 1 HP, 1Ph 115/230V 
on eBay or Amazon (affil links) A. Perhaps a high performance industrial vacuum cleaner may be adapted to your situation. Wood sanding and other hand tools incorporate such devices. Guillermo MarrufoMonterrey, NL, Mexico 2007 A. Rio Grande has a number of dust collection devices for this very problem. Neil BellRed Sky Plating  Albuquerque, New Mexico  2007 A. The absolute cheapest, although still dirty way is something we use at our company, look for a wilson paint hood, that's right, paint hood, made out of cotton with a plastic viewing lens sewn into it. It not only keeps the dust out of your hair and eyes but you shouldn't have to get hot wearing a 3M mask either. They're about 10 bucks. Brandt Hinton- Elk River, Minnesota, USA 2007 |
A. Kieli,
I am a woodturner and carver and had the same kind of a problem when sanding. I invented the Resp-O-Rator which is a mouthpiece respirator that works under a full face shield too. I wear glasses and could not see close up with a respirator strapped to my face. It blocks your vision. Should work.
- Graham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
2007
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