sweetsawdust (in ) said:

| Forget the dust collector the drill press is the villain here. To
| day while drilling a 8" deep 1" hole with a spade bit at high
| speed in oak, I had an explosion. I was about 3 1/2" deep into the
| hole when with a loud bang and what appeared to be a flash, dust
| went all over the shop. Blinded by a layer of sawdust covering my
| glasses and with the taste of burned oak (maybe from oak dust
| landing in my pipe) I groped for the off switch to the drill press.
| In shock I looked at my wood, which was hanging from the drill bit
| and it looked fine with out my glasses on, looked fine after I
| cleaned my glasses and set down for a minute too. Found some ash
| and smell of "smoke" in the hole I was drilling so it must have
| been a real dust explosion. So dust explosions do happen but maybe
| not in dust collectors.

I dunno - might wanna load your pipe with something more stable... :-)

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto