Comments on: Just me and my lungs https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Andy from Workshopshed https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/#comment-64496 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:24:47 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=18088#comment-64496 A respirator is something I should probably use a lot more. I’ve some small masks but I don’t even use those. I do try to work outside when creating a lot of dust but that’s not really an excuse.

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/#comment-63959 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:02:26 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=18088#comment-63959 In reply to Laura C.

Hey Laura, the 3M half face mask that I’m wearing here comes in 3 sizes. S, M and L. I’m wearing the M. I’m going to try a S too and see which fits better. The M slipped down on my nose still but that might just be what happens after wearing it for a couple hours and the bridge of your nose gets a little sweaty.

]]> By: Laura C https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/#comment-63952 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:08:16 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=18088#comment-63952 I wish someone would market respirators in different sizes. I always find that they’re slightly too big for my face, so I have to pull the straps really tight to get a good seal, which makes them a bit uncomfortable.
As usual, everything is sized for men, since, you know, us women-folk are in kitchen baking something…far away from the power tools.

]]> By: Cathy Michels https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/#comment-63941 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:51:39 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=18088#comment-63941 When I finished out my shop 10 years ago I put in a dust collection system with the tubing and connections for all of my tools. I researched and found dust hoods, surrounds and attachments for all of my existing tools, including my circular saw. It was well worth the effort and keeps the airborne dust to a minimum. The hardest to contain is the miter saw, but a surround with down-draft works good. MDF is the worst for dust, so I don’t use it as often as plywood.

I learned too late about being careful in my remodeling and exposed myself to lots of lead paint. The dangers of old paint weren’t as widely publicized back then. Now I have osteoporosis at a very young age. The lead settles in your bones and once it does that there isn’t much that can be done about it. I have none of the other risk factors for bone loss – never smoked, love milk, grew up on a dairy farm and have always been extremely active.

So you are soooo smart to be careful and protect your health. Some damage is irreversible and is just not worth the risk.

]]> By: Pauline https://sawdustgirl.com/just-me-and-my-lungs/#comment-63922 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:29:33 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=18088#comment-63922 I love this post! I am not fond of the coexistence I have with my sawdusty mess. It gets in my flip flops and my feet sweat, it gets in my ears and the folds in my clothes, and my freshly washed hair… (why do I bother). I need a better set up. I’m curious about a built in vac system for my garage, is this something you have thoughts on? I’m not sure if the filtering part of a stationary system is any better than my shop vac… (Maybe it’s just my particular vac, or my constant cleaning and reusing the same filter, but I get tired of the maintenance. (eyeroll at myself, I know.)) Now that I typed all that, I realize I should just google it. But I really want to see if you think it’s a good idea in a garage… Given, that you deal with a little bit of sawdust. In a garage. (Holy cow that’s a lot of appropriate saw dust!)

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