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Janice Brown wrote:

Hi Guys - My husband loves woodworking and I love him, but the sawdust,
woodchips, and whatever else that is continuously tracked into the rest
of the house from the basement is making me crazy. It's not like he
doesn't try to clean up after himself, but there is a lot of small
sawdust that does not get vacuumed up. I thought I'd ask the guys who
would know, what do you do to keep the dust down? - Janice

Two "equipment" solutions - a dust/chip collector - attaches to various
tools (or all of them at once with a fixed duct system if the tools stay
put) which keeps a lot of the dust and chips from ever getting out to
bother things. An air cleaner - which is basically a fan with a fine
dust filter that recirculates shop air to catch floating dust. A dust
collector with good fiters can do the job of both. A shop-vac is
neither.

Well, OK, the third, really big, "equipment" solution is the detached
shop outside the house. This may not be a fiscal reality, but it is a
great solution.

Many "behavior" solutions - coveralls, aprons, hats, shoes that stay put
in the shop. All of which tend to be a pain if there is a lot of running
in and out of the shop. Foot-scrapers, doormats and foot brushes
(generally sold for outside doors, but...). A mirror just outside the
shop door. A good tight door on the shop.

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