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What eye safety do you use?
What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. |
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usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have
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"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have Ware? How the heck did I get that spelling? Because you live and breathe an awareness of safety issues? Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Lungs - the crappy paper masks and heavy duty vacuum dust control Hearing - standard muffs Eyes - full face shield - had a turned bowl blow up in process and a piece clipped the shield instead of my head! the face shield does not seem to fog as quickly as glasses with side protection do. That said, this is strictly hobby for me. |
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With very little exception I wear (where?) a Trend and hearing
protection at all times. When I am using my drill press with a vacuum hose at the source I sometimes forego the Trend but a face shield is in its place. I have about 5 face shields and hearing protectors each in my shop and these are presented to any guests that might show up. I also offer them the Moldex 2200N95 dust mask (it's like an underwire bra for your face). My wife has a Trend too which she wears when she helps out. I use Festool sanders with their vacuum so I sometimes forego the Trend again with this step but I prefer using it to eliminate that dust which does get away from the vac. Marc |
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"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Since I used to do a fair amount of metal work, I always went with a hard hat with everything. So the eye, ear and lung protection had to go with a hard hat. I went down to an industrial safety supply house and got a matched set. And yes, the face shield does for up. But I just keep wiping it off. I can't tell you how many times that hard hat - face shield combo saved my ass. Or more specifically certain portions of my face and head. For things that are safer, that do not require a face shield, I just go with ear muffs and a respirator of some kind. |
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"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Sometime ago I saw a chart, perhaps in Popular Science or Mechanics, which gave the dB output of common power tools and appliances. The most startling recollection was how many machines advised the user to wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in conjunction for maximum protection. Considering how permanent damage done to the ears is, this seemed an adoptable precaution. Everybody complains how quickly face shields tend toward the opaque with any use. Better that than the eyes. There is a face shield for acids made which gives the wearer the appearance of a lucite flying nun going backwards. But for ricochets and the unanticipated, it soars. When a unanimous declaration names goggles that won't fog, the line will lengthen by me. On some occasions I use goggles that take a replaceable screen insert (intended for loggers) over a pair of safety glasses. The screens permit air flow; the glasses stay clear and sustain few scratches. Paper filter masks always imperfectly bring to mind Dumbo's feather. What they protect is a foolhardy notion of false economy. An MSA twin cartridge safety mask is super but facial hair doesn't benefit any seal. People who don't use them always open up with "Isn't that hot?" or "What about all that uncomfortable weight on your face?" Along that line of reasoning, shoes wouldn't appear attractive. But with 10 minutes of actually doing something wearing a mask, the novelty--and any discomfort initially felt--is a forgotten memory. By the way, there is a selection of cartridges for different airborne compounds available from MSA to fit your circumstances. Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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We were demonstrated to, in a workplace safety meeting, the use of the
better quality paper particulate filters. Ones with the heavy duty double elastics and proper nose pinch metal with various gaskets out the perimeters. Nobody could make them work, period! They leak like crazy around the edges. It was quite amusing to see the wearer, approached with the smouldering test stick, and watch the response as the wearer jumped back gagging and coughing as soon as the tester even got close. The only ones that were effective were two types with the double filters on the sides. People with moustaches had a hard time getting a seal, at any rate. Some had claustrophobia attacks when wearing them...LOL "SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. |
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Reminds me of a story my brother told.
He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message m... Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:09:53 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com"
wrote: What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? When in the shop, I wear safety glasses with bifocals. Always. I even wear them when mowing or edging the lawn, pruning, or doing anything with tools. For lungs, I wear a half-face respirator with HEPA filters if I'm doing anything that rasies a lot of dust or fine wood cuttings. I learned my lesson working padauk, and the WORST dust I've ever experienced: imbua. -Zz |
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In article , "Josepi" X-Complaints-to: wrote:
Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? Friend of mine learned that lesson a few years ago. He'd been doing yard work. Didn't know he'd been handling poison ivy. |
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On 6/14/2010 8:58 PM, Josepi wrote:
Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL "Edward wrote in message m... Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey Obviously you have never worked in a chemical laboratory. It is more important to wash going in that coming out. The chemicals will kill what ever is on your skin, but will corrode any skin that they may be inadvertently left on for a long period of time. |
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Then there was that time with the Crazy Glue.....
I don't like to talk about it anymore but, the rest of the town does....LOL "Keith Nuttle" wrote in message ... Obviously you have never worked in a chemical laboratory. It is more important to wash going in that coming out. The chemicals will kill what ever is on your skin, but will corrode any skin that they may be inadvertently left on for a long period of time. |
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"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message ... On 6/14/2010 8:58 PM, Josepi wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL "Edward wrote in message m... Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey Obviously you have never worked in a chemical laboratory. It is more important to wash going in that coming out. The chemicals will kill what ever is on your skin, but will corrode any skin that they may be inadvertently left on for a long period of time. Ken: I deliberately didn't put "my" in the relevant sentence written above; sorry for any misleading. The particular experience recollected was the most profitable of all kinds: indirect and another's. And if we turn your second sentence (as you obviously meant) into "It's more important to wash coming out than going in", we are two heads of one mind. Don't let some suspect it "it" get on you and you don't have to worry what it might do to you. How many compounds that are sold as safe today will be banned forever in some regrettable tomorrow? More than one. Surprisingly, we both neglected to mention glove usage with energetic chemicals and the makeshift but excellent idea of a fan to disperse any troublesome vapors when that doesn't complicate things like finishing. A glove box is a great utility for grinding, blasting and disassembling machines just dying to spin off small parts or launch springs into the parallel 9th dimension. Also, they come in handy for chemical treatment of things that might not be attractive doing for the operator in a yard covered with 5' of deep sky flake. Speaking as Josepi did of plants, Euphorbias are a rich group of African succulents that have members with a juice so toxic it is used for fishing over thataway. If anyone saw the great movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy" there was a vivid scene where the good guys shot up some Euphorbia trees over the enemy who surrounded them, giving them a dripping sap bath which caused them to dance on down the road. Anybody who took in the film would remember that, the Bushman with the great face and his click language. Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message ... "Keith Nuttle" wrote in message ... On 6/14/2010 8:58 PM, Josepi wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL "Edward wrote in message m... Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey Obviously you have never worked in a chemical laboratory. It is more important to wash going in that coming out. The chemicals will kill what ever is on your skin, but will corrode any skin that they may be inadvertently left on for a long period of time. Ken: Keith!!!: Soon as I sent the preceeding post--after talking with one Ken--I realized I pulled a dunderhead transfer and gave you a new alias. Please have my open apologies for the slip. Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
... In article , "Josepi" X-Complaints-to: wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? Friend of mine learned that lesson a few years ago. He'd been doing yard work. Didn't know he'd been handling poison ivy. Guy did Playboy cartoons way back in early 60s did a cartoon on who touched whom where after the poison ivy ... Hilarious. |
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"Josepi" wrote in message
... We were demonstrated to, in a workplace safety meeting, the use of the better quality paper particulate filters. Ones with the heavy duty double elastics and proper nose pinch metal with various gaskets out the perimeters. Nobody could make them work, period! They leak like crazy around the edges. It was quite amusing to see the wearer, approached with the smouldering test stick, and watch the response as the wearer jumped back gagging and coughing as soon as the tester even got close. The only ones that were effective were two types with the double filters on the sides. People with moustaches had a hard time getting a seal, at any rate. Some had claustrophobia attacks when wearing them...LOL I was taught basic lung safety in basic training. Tear gas and smoke. With masks and without for at least a minute. Then there were the colored smoke grenades dropped down the concrete pipe - blew blue, yellow and red snot for days. |
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On Jun 14, 7:58*pm, "Josepi" wrote:
Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Reminds me of college. One of our shop's "grommet burns" (everyone gets together for much Mexican food and even more beer), the new kid runs off to the bathroom. One of the wives yells out, "wash your hands FIRST". "Huh?" Everyone splits a side... Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL Sure it does. Use what you'd use if you ate something that was too "hot". Water and beer just move the pain around. Bread and milk will quench the pain. May look funny but it'll work. |
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On Jun 14, 9:02*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , "Josepi" X-Complaints-to: wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? Friend of mine learned that lesson a few years ago. He'd been doing yard work. Didn't know he'd been handling poison ivy. My son was cleaning up the yard to make some money and got into some poison ivy. He wasn't too bad, but just picking his clothes off the floor and moving them 3' to the washing machine was enough to give SWMBO a *severe* case. It was everywhere, even where women *really** don't want it. I'm not allergic to it, but don't tempt fate either. |
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After woodworking or working with any dusty materials, now, I typically will
flush my sinuses with saline solution after. Lots of black snot and the sinus infections don't typically happen a week later. This can be done with a cheap purchased spray injector, homemade saline solution refill, or sucking saline solution (the best method) up through your nose like a straw from a small glass and spitting it out in the sink. If the water is warm and a bit salty it is completely neutral and hardly felt. Before the weak stomached ones get all horny this is exactly what your tears are made of when they drain into your nasal passages...LOL http://www.google.ca/search?q=neti+p...ed=0CDgQqwQwAw "Lobby Dosser" wrote in message ... I was taught basic lung safety in basic training. Tear gas and smoke. With masks and without for at least a minute. Then there were the colored smoke grenades dropped down the concrete pipe - blew blue, yellow and red snot for days. |
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I hope that
SWMBO is not "single white male best offer", in this case...LOL wrote in message ... On Jun 14, 9:02 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , "Josepi" X-Complaints-to: wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? Friend of mine learned that lesson a few years ago. He'd been doing yard work. Didn't know he'd been handling poison ivy. My son was cleaning up the yard to make some money and got into some poison ivy. He wasn't too bad, but just picking his clothes off the floor and moving them 3' to the washing machine was enough to give SWMBO a *severe* case. It was everywhere, even where women *really** don't want it. I'm not allergic to it, but don't tempt fate either. |
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"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message m... "SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Sometime ago I saw a chart, perhaps in Popular Science or Mechanics, which gave the dB output of common power tools and appliances. The most startling recollection was how many machines advised the user to wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in conjunction for maximum protection. Considering how permanent damage done to the ears is, this seemed an adoptable precaution. I've worked around industrial planers and moulders for about 25 years, when I worked in close proximity to the machines I would wear plugs and muffs, both good quality, certain ranges of my hearing are gone. I don't really know how loud these planers are but I have seen them peg a 140db meter, at some level hearing protection fails as the sound travel through the rest of your body. basilsik |
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message ... In article , "Josepi" X-Complaints-to: wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? Friend of mine learned that lesson a few years ago. He'd been doing yard work. Didn't know he'd been handling poison ivy. I have an older brother that is allergic to poison ivy, I'm not. We would fight and any time it looked like he was going to best me poison ivy provided me safe passage. Not much good in a rock fight though. basilisk |
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On Jun 15, 8:43*am, "basilisk" wrote:
"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message m... "SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Sometime ago I saw a chart, perhaps in Popular Science or Mechanics, which gave the dB output of common power tools and appliances. The most startling recollection was how many machines advised the user to wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in conjunction for maximum protection. Considering how permanent damage done to the ears is, this seemed an adoptable precaution. I've worked around industrial planers and moulders for about 25 years, when I worked in close proximity to the machines I would wear plugs and muffs, both good quality, certain ranges of my hearing are gone. I don't really know how loud these planers are but I have seen them peg a 140db meter, at some level hearing protection fails as the sound travel through the rest of your body. None of them better 35dB. If your planers were really 140dBA at the operators ears, ear muffs can't work (105dB exceeds OSHA limits). BTW, we've measured 120dBA on a football field. The plastic horns in the World Cup raise that to 127dBA, from the reports. |
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On 6/14/2010 10:15 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 6/14/2010 8:58 PM, Josepi wrote: Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL "Edward wrote in message m... Another caveat from experience has to do with solvents soaked into your clothing. After seeing someone having a flood of gas drenching his unmentionables, you don't want to hear the results of not changing yourself pronto if that happens to you. Regards, Edward Hennessey Obviously you have never worked in a chemical laboratory. It is more important to wash going in that coming out. The chemicals will kill what ever is on your skin, but will corrode any skin that they may be inadvertently left on for a long period of time. Old joke--the difference between a chemist and a physicist is that a chemist washes his hands _before_ he goes to the bathroom. |
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I always wear earmuffs with my cheap sliding chop saw. They hang on the
blade cover so I have to do something with them. The ring of the blade is so bad it actually hurts my ears. I already have tinnitus quite bad and you don't want to share that one. People think it is a joke until they lay awake at nights wondering if they will go crazy. Sometimes I can hear it over movies rocking the house on the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor. I blame most of this on small staple guns and the odd framing nailer shot (you know the ones that just dribble out of the end?...LOL). Every so often you get your head and ears between two joists and the shot deafens you. Protect your ears from long or loud exposures! Unexpected ones are hard to protect against. wrote in message ... None of them better 35dB. If your planers were really 140dBA at the operators ears, ear muffs can't work (105dB exceeds OSHA limits). BTW, we've measured 120dBA on a football field. The plastic horns in the World Cup raise that to 127dBA, from the reports. |
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wrote in message ... On Jun 15, 8:43 am, "basilisk" wrote: "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message m... "SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. Sometime ago I saw a chart, perhaps in Popular Science or Mechanics, which gave the dB output of common power tools and appliances. The most startling recollection was how many machines advised the user to wear both ear plugs and ear muffs in conjunction for maximum protection. Considering how permanent damage done to the ears is, this seemed an adoptable precaution. I've worked around industrial planers and moulders for about 25 years, when I worked in close proximity to the machines I would wear plugs and muffs, both good quality, certain ranges of my hearing are gone. I don't really know how loud these planers are but I have seen them peg a 140db meter, at some level hearing protection fails as the sound travel through the rest of your body. None of them better 35dB. If your planers were really 140dBA at the operators ears, ear muffs can't work (105dB exceeds OSHA limits). BTW, we've measured 120dBA on a football field. The plastic horns in the World Cup raise that to 127dBA, from the reports. Most mills put the planers in a concrete containment building that lowers noise level to an acceptable level in the main building but makes the levels that much higher in the containment. The operator doesn't spend much time in the containment when the planer is running full tilt. basilisk |
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Many of our construction workers that are hearing conscious wear ear plugs
(30dB rated) along with the ear muffs for really noisy equipment. The 60-70dB combo should get you in a better noise level for short term exposures. It's really about the time-weighted noise curves. You can handle high volumes for short term exposures without recognizable cochlear damage. "basilisk" wrote in message ... None of them better 35dB. If your planers were really 140dBA at the operators ears, ear muffs can't work (105dB exceeds OSHA limits). BTW, we've measured 120dBA on a football field. The plastic horns in the World Cup raise that to 127dBA, from the reports. Most mills put the planers in a concrete containment building that lowers noise level to an acceptable level in the main building but makes the levels that much higher in the containment. The operator doesn't spend much time in the containment when the planer is running full tilt. basilisk |
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:09:53 -0700, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I wear safety goggles and earmuffs as the situation requires. For dust control I use a DustBeeGone mask I bought about 20 years ago. For noxious fumes I have what I call a gas mask :-). And I hate wearing all of them except the earmuffs :-). -- Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw |
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"Josepi" wrote in message news Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL I can honestly say that I have eaten and handled my fair share of jalapeño peppers. They were hot to eat and don't get the juice in your eyes but I have never witnessed burning skin .... |
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"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message ... What eye safety do you use? What lung safety do you use? I think it is really a bigger question. I hate to admit it but I have just never fully solved this issue. I always wear hearing protection, usually ear muffs. I mostly ware lung protection but for years I have just used crappy cloth dusk masks from HF or HD. I always fog up my eye protection so it is always the first to go. Unless I have my face in router spew, I usually just have lung and eye protection. I probably need an actual respirator that seals better and won't fog my safety specs. Just looking for your input. I use noise canceling head phones for the router and planer, most every thing else is relatively quiet. I use a dust collector for the coarse stuff and the Festool vac with HEPA filter for the fine stuff when sanding, cutting Domino mortises and probably the TS75 track saw. I use prescription polycarbonate lens in my daily glasses. I now more often use my eyes and head to protect my digits. |
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"Josepi" wrote in message ... I always wear earmuffs with my cheap sliding chop saw. They hang on the blade cover so I have to do something with them. The ring of the blade is so bad it actually hurts my ears. I already have tinnitus quite bad and you don't want to share that one. People think it is a joke until they lay awake at nights wondering if they will go crazy. Sometimes I can hear it over movies rocking the house on the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor. I blame most of this on small staple guns and the odd framing nailer shot (you know the ones that just dribble out of the end?...LOL). Every so often you get your head and ears between two joists and the shot deafens you. Protect your ears from long or loud exposures! Unexpected ones are hard to protect against. I can assure you the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor is not helping your situation |
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but I
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How about just one skin?
"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message news:dcb13ece-d700-40ab-85df- how about foreskin? ... but I have never witnessed burning skin .... |
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It's called "habituation" and it does help, according to some medical
authorities. It can also help hyperacusis. "Leon" wrote in message ... I can assure you the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor is not helping your situation "Josepi" wrote in message ... I always wear earmuffs with my cheap sliding chop saw. They hang on the blade cover so I have to do something with them. The ring of the blade is so bad it actually hurts my ears. I already have tinnitus quite bad and you don't want to share that one. People think it is a joke until they lay awake at nights wondering if they will go crazy. Sometimes I can hear it over movies rocking the house on the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor. I blame most of this on small staple guns and the odd framing nailer shot (you know the ones that just dribble out of the end?...LOL). Every so often you get your head and ears between two joists and the shot deafens you. Protect your ears from long or loud exposures! Unexpected ones are hard to protect against. |
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"Josepi" wrote in message news Reminds me of a story my brother told. He was cutting up jalepeños for pickling and went for a ****. Now everybody would wash their hands after going for a leak but, before??? He rturns to the cutting board to continue food prep, then runs to the bathroom in flames. Hot stuff like that doesn't really wash off once soaked into the skin... pretty exiting for the first 10-15 minutes...OUCH....LOL J: If you mosey on over to www.chilipepperinstitute.org , you can get some seeds or sauce made from the Jolokia chili pepper. A hot Habanero is about 30,000 Scoville Heat Units. The Jolokia rates over one million SHU. Bottled purgatory. Regards, Edward Hennessey |
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in 531239 20100616 042236 "Josepi" wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message m... I can assure you the 600 watt Dolby surround sound 12" speakers and bass boom box shaking the floor is not helping your situation It's called "habituation" and it does help, according to some medical authorities. It can also help hyperacusis. Tell your neighbours that! ;-) |
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They can't see the screen. It is assumed to be more earth packing going on
in the neighbourhood and we give the "I wonder?" look, like the rest of the hood...LOL I have a four pitch train whistle that goes at nights sometimes, also and we have no tracks within 40km (US = 30 miles) "Bob Martin" wrote in message news:_r_Rn.12296$BF.749@hurricane... Tell your neighbours that! ;-) in 531239 20100616 042236 "Josepi" wrote: It's called "habituation" and it does help, according to some medical authorities. It can also help hyperacusis. |
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