Post #287656 by Swanky on Fri, Feb 23, 2007 8:26 AM

Ben,
At least the lungs tend to clean themselves over time.
There is no good way to fight the dust. It means discomfort, or expense and noise. There are dust collectors, but they are meant for connecting to planers and other large tools. Depending on your sander, it would be a good thing. If you use a table top sander belt station or disk, a dust collector attached you turn on and off woudl really help.
Delta also makes an ambient dust collector. You mount it to the ceiling in your work room and it just cleans the air. But, that is an expense and they are rather loud. Not horrible though. Won't kill your ears like a regualr dust collector. More like a loud window AC unit.
Anything kiln dried is a huge danger in the lungs. But all the dry dust is not good period. Ventilation will help, but that's common sense. Common sense yes, but we all are slackers about these things.
If you were driving to Coon Tiki next time, I could send you home with a good deal on that Delta dust collector.
I just spent the weekend sanding floors. I wore a mask the whole time. WHen it started to feel stuffy and hard to breate, I knew it was time to change masks or filters on the respirator. You just have to get over how bad your own breath stinks!