I'm doing a lot of power sawing of conti-board which make an enormous amount of high speed 'hard' saw dust. Aswell as goggles and ear protection I now wear a respirator mask aswell. All these separate items don't work well together and I end up with steamed up goggles dislodged then an eyeful of sawdust.

I've had enough of coping by holding my breath or closing one eye etc etc, now I need some proper gear.

So I wondered what the group members use?

Is there a decent all in one mask ideally specifically for repeated circular sawing you would recommend or a combination?

I notice even DeWalt goggles let in dust (says the reviews) so price doesn't necessarily fix the problem.

On 31/01/2017 13:48, simon mitchelmore wrote:
I'm doing a lot of power sawing of conti-board which make an enormous amount of high speed 'hard' saw dust. Aswell as goggles and ear protection I now wear a respirator mask aswell. All these separate items don't work well together and I end up with steamed up goggles dislodged then an eyeful of sawdust.

I've had enough of coping by holding my breath or closing one eye etc etc, now I need some proper gear.

So I wondered what the group members use?

Is there a decent all in one mask ideally specifically for repeated circular sawing you would recommend or a combination?

I notice even DeWalt goggles let in dust (says the reviews) so price doesn't necessarily fix the problem.


If you can afford it something like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Home-Kitc...tor/B003JOD12S

On 31/01/2017 13:48, simon mitchelmore wrote:
I'm doing a lot of power sawing of conti-board which make an enormous amount of high speed 'hard' saw dust. Aswell as goggles and ear protection I now wear a respirator mask aswell. All these separate items don't work well together and I end up with steamed up goggles dislodged then an eyeful of sawdust.

I've had enough of coping by holding my breath or closing one eye etc etc, now I need some proper gear.

So I wondered what the group members use?

Is there a decent all in one mask ideally specifically for repeated circular sawing you would recommend or a combination?

I notice even DeWalt goggles let in dust (says the reviews) so price doesn't necessarily fix the problem.

I can recommend the JSP Powercap, secondhand ones sometimes appear on
eBay. The only downside is that they don't have integrated ear defenders
so you need to use ear plugs, which I don't get on with.

On 31/01/2017 13:48, simon mitchelmore wrote:
I'm doing a lot of power sawing of conti-board which make an enormous
amount of high speed 'hard' saw dust. Aswell as goggles and ear
protection I now wear a respirator mask aswell. All these separate
items don't work well together and I end up with steamed up goggles
dislodged then an eyeful of sawdust.

I've had enough of coping by holding my breath or closing one eye etc
etc, now I need some proper gear.

So I wondered what the group members use?

Ear defenders, and a 3M half mask respirator.

Is there a decent all in one mask ideally specifically for repeated
circular sawing you would recommend or a combination?

Is this with a hand held saw, or on a table saw or something else?

For handheld use, just adding vacuum collection makes a massive
difference. I find I am quite happy with just ear defenders and my
normal glasses in that circumstance.

I notice even DeWalt goggles let in dust (says the reviews) so price
doesn't necessarily fix the problem.

Others have suggested the powered respirators like the airshield and
power cap - these are both good I am told - especially if you don't like
breathing against the slight extra resistance from a normal respirator.
For a simpler option you could look at the Axminster full face visor.
This is much easier to get on with than goggles (especially if you wear
glasses). It lets plenty of air flow to the face, but completely
protects the head from flying stuff.


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Cheers,

John.

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