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As I am doing more and more polishing, cutting, soldering, I feel I should get some protection from dust and fumes. I can’t fit an extractor unfortunately due to the architecture of the house and the room I use as my workshop. What masks etc do you recommend? I have one I used when cutting brick and stone but it is far too bulky and heavy.
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Polishing and cutting will produce dust and for a relatively small volume of work, the masks or a transparent shield used for Covid protection should be sufficient.
A hood, even improvised, will also help
Soldering produces toxic fumes and for small volume, good ventilation is the best solution.
Paradoxically a cold draft will cool the workspace, making it more difficult to solder a good conductor such as silver, with a small torch.
People who work in sheds in cold weather have mentioned this too. Dennis.
Thanks for those observations Dennis. I will think on......
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30W-493-S...YAAOSwgdlfUJ-J
I use one of these they have a changable carbon filter in them you can also put a tube on it and put it out of a window if ones accessible
Thanks. It’s nearly always with my setup a problem with space! However that looks intersting.Quote:
Originally Posted by josef1
Those bench top filters are quite good, you can make your own with an old computer power supply fan and just buy the filter and fabricate a box and stand out of just about anything.
Found this on eBay....in for a penny, in for a pound or to be precise £34.75. Hope this does the job. Advantage it isn’t too big and can be packed away when not in use.....En Verra...Ruedeleglise.
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I notice the one in the link does not post to Australia one would have to ask, why does it have Australian power plug.
Because it is Chinese ???!
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Don't actually see a link, David.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruedeleglise
363158998677 ebay item number! Ooooops!
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Just received my dust and smoke extractor in the post. Very neat and appears to do the job. Not a great draught, so hopefully no cooling, but smoke from a blown out candle (I don’t smoke) was sucked through the filter quickly.
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