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Re: Warning, Sawdust, fumes and static electricity
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 6/9/1998, 9:54 am
In Response To: Re: Warning, Sawdust, fumes and static electricity (Tor-Henrik Furmyr)

I took a woodshop class in college, and it was the first time I'd heard of this phenomenon. I always thought that the dust collection system in the high school woodshop was just to keep the shop from being messy so fast.

BTW, taking a college woodshop class would be a great way to build a boat. You'd be committed to predetermined blocks of time, and would have almost all of the tools at your disposal.

> The finer the dust is, and the more there is of it, the higher
> the risk gets.

> And keep in mind static electricity and power-tools when working
> in dusty or flammable-fumes conditions.

> I don't think it normally reaches critical conditions in garages
> and one-man workshops, but no harm in beeing aware.

> A friend of mine who works at a furniture factory tells me that
> allthough the machines have serious ventilation-systems
> Totto

Messages In This Thread

Warning, Sawdust Can Explode.
Mark Kanzler -- 6/8/1998, 6:51 pm
Re: Warning, Sawdust, fumes and static electricity
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 6/9/1998, 5:13 am
Re: Warning, Sawdust, fumes and static electricity
Mark Kanzler -- 6/9/1998, 9:54 am
Dust collection with plastic hoses
Mike Spence -- 6/9/1998, 11:34 am
Re: Dust collection with plastic hoses
Don Beale -- 6/9/1998, 3:34 pm
Re: Dust collection with plastic hoses
Mike Spence -- 6/9/1998, 8:31 pm
Re: Dust collection with plastic hoses How does a groung wire work?
Mark Kanzler -- 6/10/1998, 6:30 pm
Re: Spontaneous Combustion.
Mark Kanzler -- 6/10/1998, 6:24 pm
Re: Spontaneous Combustion.
NPenney -- 6/22/1998, 9:59 am
Re: Dust collection with plastic hoses
Paul Jacobson -- 6/9/1998, 11:54 pm
Re: Dust collection with plastic hoses
Don Beale -- 6/9/1998, 11:18 pm