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Workshop Dust Control
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Description for Workshop Dust Control
Paperback. Provides woodworkers with advice on setting up a safe workshop, whether hobbyists or professional. This book also offers tips for keeping a cleaner shop and dust-free tools. From masks and vacuums to central dust collectors and air scrubbers, it presents the options for creating a healthier atmosphere, with pros and cons. Editor(s): Johnson, Randy. Series: American Woodworker. Num Pages: 136 pages, full colour throughout, includes illustrations & diagrams, includes photographs, includes. BIC Classification: WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 218 x 9. Weight in Grams: 410.
This title provides woodworkers with advice on setting up a safe workshop, whether hobbyists or professional. An important topic for all woodworkers - this presents the options for creating a healthier atmosphere. Research tells us that prolonged exposure to fine wood dust can pose a variety of health risks for woodworkers, from pesky allergies to serious nasal and lung cancers. Add the risk of workshop fires caused by wood dust and the need for a collection system becomes a top priority. With the advice and guidance inside, "Workshop Dust Control" readers can breathe easier, knowing they have found the best solution for any size workshop. From masks and vacuums to central dust collectors and air scrubbers, the options for creating a healthier atmosphere are presented by the experts from "American Woodworker Magazine", with pros and cons. And to top it off, the book offers tips for keeping a cleaner shop and dust-free tools. Whether a part-time hobbyist or a professional woodworker, the advice and techniques inside "Workshop Dust Control" will purify the air in your shop and could potentially save your life.
Product Details
Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishing United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
East Petersberg, United States
ISBN
9781565234611
SKU
V9781565234611
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Aww Editors
American Woodworker is one of the premier publications for woodworking. Their roster of craftsman contributors provide top-notch technical information in a way that hobbyists can understand. The magazine has been in business for decades with over 140 issues in their backlist.
Reviews for Workshop Dust Control
Dust control never sounds very exciting until you're swimming in dust - this book will help you plan ahead. Written in a fun, yet informative style with hundreds of color photographs, it shows you how to get tough with that most persistent of woodworkers' foes. Whether you use an ordinary shop vacuum, or a top-of-the-line collector, you'll learn the shortcuts to getting the most draw from any system, with any tool. It's loaded with clever solutions, like building an inexpensive muffler box for your noisy shop vac, and it will tell you everything you'll need to know when shopping for a dust collector. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, in this case the new book spurred our item on static electricity which of course prompted our story on spontaneous combustion. In this issue of ShortCuts Book Review, the authors have nailed the subject of dust control perfectly. Most of us woodworkers know of the dangers of sawdust, the toxicity, the static dangers, the mess etcetera. The books' editors have listed an excellent selection of shop vacuums describing the pros and cons of each. A necessary blast gate for portable vacuums is described and machines with tool activated switches are featured as well. Beefing up your shop vacuum and cutting down on the noise are chapters that are a must-read. Determining the size of a built-in dust collection system for your particular shop could be a big money saver along with the chapter on installation tips. This is an excellent book and should be consulted before even considering some sort of dust collection gear. Tired of wood dust coating everything in your garage or workshop? A good dust-control system can eliminate the mess. This small, concise book illustrates several options for the home woodworking shop, from the best use of your shop vac to tool-specific systems and shop-wide air filtration. Great illustrations show how each system works, along with simple installation instructions and clever tips. Highly recommended for any woodworking collection. ' an excellent guide.' 'Highly recommended!'