J. Phil Thien's Projects

Hi, my name is Ray and I'm a 73 year old retiree. I used to have a nice shop with all the neat toys in it but we decided to sell out everything and go out on the road living in our RV. That lasted about 3 years and due to health reasons we had to come in and get a permanent home again. So, we are in a senior mobile home park now and I have a very small shop that measures 9 x 13 feet. It is small but I seem to be able to have most of what I need. The one thing that still and always has been a problem is dust control. So, in the process of watching Youtube videos on how to make a cyclone separator I ran across this site. I am now in the process of reading through all the topics and postings here. Thanks for your efforts in putting this forum together.

Ray

I have never been effected by wood dust until last week. I am new to scroll sawing so I wanted to do some practicing on junk wood. I had some very thin luan plywood that came out of our motor home when I re-did the bedroom. After sawing for about an hour I quit and never gave it any thought until the next day when I found that my nose/sinus area was very congested and sore. I flushed out my sinus' and it got better almost immediately. So, now I know that it can happen to me. I bought a cheapy dust mask at Home Depot and will use it from now on until I find something better. I had no idea that the very fine dust from the saw was going to effect me so negatively.

Ray

Hi, my name is Ray. I'm retired and have been a woodworking fan for many years. I have a very small shop now and I am concerned with keeping the dust down to the barest minimum. Whatever system I decide on will have to be very compact. I am most interested in scroll sawing at this time. I found this site by accident but it looks interesting. Thanks for welcoming me aboard.

Ray