On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:33:34 GMT, Janice Brown
wrote:

I thought I'd ask the guys who
would know, what do you do to keep the dust down?

I can't, so I keep it out. Workshop wear is smooth fabric trousers
(cheap mil-surplus combats) and similar shirts. I'm usually wearing a
sweater, and that comes off and gets left in the workshop.

For woodturning, I wear a French Cheesemaker's Smock in a smooth
surfaced linen.
http://www.folkwear.com/102.html
This square pattern with armpit gussets is ridiculously easy to sew
up, and one of the most comfortable shirts for heavy "long reach" work
that I've had without spending over a day in sewing and fitting it.

Mum has a tiled kitchen and porch-like utility room. Dad doesn't get
let back into the carpeted part of the house until she's hoovered him
8-)

I also try to control dust in the workshop. There's a bench brush
hanging behind the bench and it gets used every couple of minutes. The
cabinet saw keeps most of its dust inside it, but the other machines
have dust extraction. The main culprit for dust is a router, and I
don't use that much, preferring hand planes.

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Smert' spamionam