What do you carvers do with all the sawdust? - Tiki Carving

P pariartspaul Member Martiniland, California Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 159	P pariartspaul Posted posted on Tue, May 17, 2005 9:53 AM I am on the scroll saw every day and I also use a planner and table saw a lot and I make tons of redwood sawdust and shavings and scraps. In the winter we never are short of firewood. In the summer I mostly throw it away. Sometimes if I have nice clean shavings and dust I scatter it throughout the garden and it looks kind of cool. I don't have a dust collection system but I always use a good 3m cartridge respirator - always. It helps a hundred percent. I really notice the difference. I used to use those cloth dusk masks but they didn't work very well. Home Depot sells respirators in the paint section. The latest mask I got at a wood working show and it is silicone and fits really good. It doesn't fog up my glasses and you can change out the cartridges when you want to. It's definitely worth it.

I am on the scroll saw every day and I also use a planner and table saw a lot and I make tons of redwood sawdust and shavings and scraps. In the winter we never are short of firewood. In the summer I mostly throw it away. Sometimes if I have nice clean shavings and dust I scatter it throughout the garden and it looks kind of cool.

I don't have a dust collection system but I always use a good 3m cartridge respirator - always. It helps a hundred percent. I really notice the difference. I used to use those cloth dusk masks but they didn't work very well. Home Depot sells respirators in the paint section. The latest mask I got at a wood working show and it is silicone and fits really good. It doesn't fog up my glasses and you can change out the cartridges when you want to. It's definitely worth it.

Post #159576 by pariartspaul on Tue, May 17, 2005 9:53 AM