The last thing ... even with every extraction system running, I'd not care to use airline to blow dust around in any form, even if I had a compressor.
David
Hi David, just to clarify my use of an airline. It's my way of 'dusting' around the workshop, to shift any dust that has collected over several weeks. If I leave it there, it will get disturbed as I move things around, when I am not wearing a dust mask, thereby presenting its own hazard.
And using an airline with dust extractors and filters running, and my wearing a dust mask, is a lot easier than using a duster. Especially going over all my tools and timber stores. It still surprises me how much dust does manage to 'escape'.
It's that easy, that I've considered using this method for dusting round the house but I would probably be in trouble for bringing the compressor and extractor back home.
I would stress that when doing this, I keep my mask on untill all the dust has gone from the air.
Hi Paul/Everybody, it's been more working in Commercial environments where air had been readily available that one becomes aware of it's use/misuse of blowing out brake drums/shoes etc, creating airborne harmful dust, later with H&S and use of spray suppressants these only washed such dusts onto the floor, once again to get airborne with brushing up. Other usage cleaning Airfilters, displacing cleaning fluids and spin drying bearings, normally smaller ones held on a finger .. as bad as wrapping sandpaper/rag round finger/s an poking in turning objects.
We read more frequently now of air to be best used for getting shavings out of hollow forms, not as dangerous should the piece be green/wet, yet with turning, as said, this still creates dust, I know from renewing the Microclene filter and turning days later, without sanding it had collected fresh dust, yet could I call my shop clean at first, this time yes as I was setting it up fresh.
I as most [maybe] don't own a compressor, so blowing dust is not an issue: but the very question as raised here is considering which Respirator of the many to get or is the best, it's not saying a person doesn't use a filter mask of some sort already or lack a vac/extractor system, some don't have such as yet, at first I'd turned for almost 3yrs without, only getting a vac to extract from the bandsaw I'd purchased. It's a case of being advised and understanding whatever we have/use it is to use them safely and wisely at all times .. we fail if it's once in a while .. then short cuts happen .. that quick job.
Cleaning up I have the microclene on, pickup the bulk of the shaving, then vac the rest. Then there's still at some point, as you do, a case to dusting ...
.. we can control the dust, not eliminate it completely.
Cheers David