Doctors orders.

[JonWho?]

At only 39 yrs old, I went to my Dr. 3 months ago for a checkup & he was very concerned with my lung function. Apparently the bottom of my lungs had no or close to no air flow at all. He was estimating 6 months to a year before I'd be struggling with full blown COPD.
I started working on the shop dust collection about a month ago & Today I returned for another checkup. I mentioned that I had read many articles about the negative effects of woodworking dust.
Working with primarily MDF & some Baltic Birch, I knew I was exposing myself to very unhealthy air quality in the wood shop.
You don't have to be a Dr to know that a wood shop filled with a dust bomb of MDF can't be healthy!

After 1 month of using dust collection my Dr was pleasantly surprised that the air flow in the bottom of my lungs showed a definite improvement. We went from no airflow to a definite improvement & my lower lung function sounds hoarse, but my lungs are improving.

Thank you Phil, Retired2, Bill Pentz (that's not on this site, & everyone that has helped. With improvement within a month, Looks like I will be looking forword to years of woodworking ahead of me. I would recommend others to go in for a checkup & keep tabs on lung function.

[alan m]

that's great news.
goes to show that the most important tool in the shop is the dc as it protects the  tool using the rest of the tools.
mdf is really nasty stuff.

[JonWho?]

Rude! You just called me a tool!

I'm joking. Actually you just made my day. Lol

You know, I don't have any problems breathing or anything. Several months ago I'd have an occaissional shortness of breathe & I'd use my sons breathing treatment once every couple weeks. I haven't needed that at all since I started integrating the dust collection. I told my doctor I've feel great since I started using my dust collector, but maybe that's just mental because of a clean shop.

Nope, my lungs are cleaning themselves!

I know this may be off topic from the typical posts. But I thought it was important enough to share.

[tvman44]

That is always good news!  :)