160 Re: Dust Collection, Heating
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160 Re: Dust Collection, Heating
From: sjh@arthur.cs.purdue.edu (Steve Holmes)
Date: 5 Nov 87 14:58:51 GMT
>>Dust can be EXTREMELY explosive when an open flame is around!!! Witness
>>the annual grain elevator explosions.
>
> A couple of folks have offered well-taken opinions against this, but
> always citing CLOSED conditions. I might be mistaken, but I thought
This topic was discussed in FineWoodworking a while ago (I don't remember
the exact issue), and their opinion was that at concentrations that would
pose a problem with open flames the dust would be so thick you wouldn't be
able to breath it. I have operated a kerosene heater in my garage shop for
3 years, and granted I use a shop vac on my saw to reduce the dust (both
airborne and on the floor) it gets dusty in there and I have no problems.
I do, however, turn the heater off to use solvents.
Steve Holmes.
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