Han wrote:
: Hi All:

: I had to much MDF dust last weekend. I hadn't really worked with it
: before, but my dust control (shopvac with HEPA filter and homemade
: aircleaner - good filters and a big squirrelcage fan in a homemade box)
: isn't up to the challenge.

: I hate those little masks that don't quite fit over my beard and under my
: glasses, which make me wheeze and fog up the glasses. What should I get?
: A Darth Vader system like the Triton, North, or could I get away with Lee
: Valley antifog mask?


If you've got a beard, MDF dust will get in onder any respirator, although
you can minimize this by coating your beard with vaseline (and only if
it's quite short).

Your best bet is a positive-air filter, like the 3M units sold by
http://www.airwareamerica.com .


-- Andy Barss