nose filters

Joe Bemier wrote:
> I have not used them but I would guess they would have limited use for
> your application - wood dust. Given the very small surface area of the
> filtering device you would probably clog the things in minutes.


I hate wearing any kind of mask, have both an air cleaner and large dust
collector in my shop and yet will wear a half mask respirator similar to what
you see guys wearing in body shops when I'm working with something particularly
noxious.

http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/product_index.asp?cls=7580&Request=category

I'm not pushing any of these as I really couldn't tell you what brand mine is
without going back downstairs, but these are the style. One other I've used in
the past at work is a full face mask with an external air pump (clips to your
belt) that continuously blows in filtered air into the mask. We use them at
work for working with TB patients. I loved it... it was like walking around
with my own personal air conditioner... no problem with your glasses steaming or
anything else.... but that style is expensive. As much as I'd like one, I just
couldn't justify the $200-300 compared to the $25 or so I paid for the half mask
respirator.


--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

<turnbuckle_1 AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I wondered if anyone has had experience with the type of filters sold
> at http://www.nosefilters.com/ or http://www.breathepurenap.com/.
> I'm a wood carver and haven't paid much attention to dust, until
> a session with a chunk of butternut. I roughed it out with a
> fordom/kutzall (lotta dust) in the yard ..... 2 days later , flat on
> my back , in bed with sinus/chest infection that laid me out for 5
> days. I tho't I'd done my homework on toxic woods , and butternut
> wasn't on the list....but a few oldtimers i've talked to have had
> adverse reactions with the stuff.
> Needless to say I now wear a mask, but it fogs my glasses and
> isn't great to do carving with.....drives me nutz.....but the options
> suck.
> If these nose filters could do the job , I'd appreciate the feed
> back.
>

I carve with gouges and mallets, so dust is only a problem when sanding.
One possible solution.

When sanding, a downdraft table seems to do well enough to allow me to wear
a nuisance mask or not, depending on the wood and the wind. A second
solution.

An infection does not result from exposure to wood dust, but overloading
mucousa already challenged by bacteria might make it worse. A reaction to
the extractives in one wood is likely to happen with a lot of other woods,
because they're fairly similar, until you get to exotics. Be careful, but
realize it's what you can smell, not what soils the Kleenex which is
dangerous.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:13:14 -0500, turnbuckle_1 AT yahoo DOT com
wrote:

>
>
> I wondered if anyone has had experience with the type of filters sold
>at http://www.nosefilters.com/ or http://www.breathepurenap.com/.
> I'm a wood carver and haven't paid much attention to dust, until
>a session with a chunk of butternut. I roughed it out with a
>fordom/kutzall (lotta dust) in the yard ..... 2 days later , flat on
>my back , in bed with sinus/chest infection that laid me out for 5
>days. I tho't I'd done my homework on toxic woods , and butternut
>wasn't on the list....but a few oldtimers i've talked to have had
>adverse reactions with the stuff.
> Needless to say I now wear a mask, but it fogs my glasses and
>isn't great to do carving with.....drives me nutz.....but the options
>suck.
> If these nose filters could do the job , I'd appreciate the feed
>back.
>
>
> Turnbuckle
> Turnbuckle_1 somewhere near yahooo dottie dom


I have not used them but I would guess they would have limited use for
your application - wood dust. Given the very small surface area of the
filtering device you would probably clog the things in minutes.