Any builders out there with full beards?

[Rodent]

Matt, is that respirator easy to lift up and out of the way so you can blow away sawdust with your own breath? That's what kills me about wearing a dust mask.

I keep shop air with a blow nozzle handy for this - it sure works a lot better than me deeply huffing and puffing at something in a dusty shop

all the best,

R

 

[budman]

Yeah, Yeah...I know all about compressed air. I've got a huge air compressor I use all day long. I'm talking about when you're in the middle something and you just want to clear the dust away quickly to see what it is you need to see. You don't realize how much you blow with your chops until you put a dust mask on.

 

[Rodent]

manufacturing composite parts in a clean room while wearing a respirator will cure you of that habit pretty quickly but I know what you mean, bud

all the best,

R

 

[tjclem]

I use a paint brush to clear off dust.

 

[budman]

I use a paint brush to clear off dust.

That would be hard to do at the drill press. You must have three arms. Do you ever get the bristles caught up in the drill bit?

 

[tjclem]

DooH Yup having 3 arms is the only way to go. You don't?



Yes you are right about the drill press.

 

[Son of Magni]

That would be hard to do at the drill press. You must have three arms. Do you ever get the bristles caught up in the drill bit?

Common trick to keep the work clear of dust is to put a piece of masking tape around the bit so that it sticks out and blows the dust away like a little fan

 

[budman]

You guys got something against puckering up and blowing sawdust out of the way?

I don't think masking tape is going to work when I'm hoggin' out a control cavity with a big forstner bit. Maybe for tiny side marker holes.

 

[JSPguitars]

You guys got something against puckering up and blowing sawdust out of the way?

I don't think masking tape is going to work when I'm hoggin' out a control cavity with a big forstner bit. Maybe for tiny side marker holes.

I hear ya Bud. I wear a respirator and it's a pain in the A** to stop what you're doing, take off the glasses, lift the respirator up, etc. THen you have to re-position everything back on your face....
Maybe I'm just lazy.

So, who's beard is biggest??

 

[69nites]

I keep shop air with a blow nozzle handy for this - it sure works a lot better than me deeply huffing and puffing at something in a dusty shop

all the best,

R

I do the same

 

[Surly]

Do you live near a Sears, maybe you could go down there and try some masks or respirators?

 

[()smoke()]

good question

when i worked as a steam mechanic while i was going to school, we were also the on-call crew for chlorine spills, so we had to either remain clean shaven or keep a razor in our locker to shave before using our respirators...i kept an 8" goatee at the time, so i had to keep a razor

no way i could have gotten a proper seal with the beard, much less a full beard

 

[Greenman]

I blow the dust off with my windmill beard©

 

[gyancey]

From a spray finishing perspective I finally admitted (after too many days of feeling bad) that my full-face 3M mask was not filtering everything because either a) the canisters don't work for something in polyester or b) my beard was a problem or c) both. Last week I ordered a supplied-air hood (not cheap at all) which solved all my problems. It payed for itself in terms of how I feel after spraying. Not a single whiff of any chemicals in my spraybooth with it on.

 

[PseudoGnosis]

I blow the dust off with my windmill beard©

Hah. Aaahahahaha. Hahahahahahaha.