Failure To Account For Ventilation And Dust

 

A lot of woodworkers who are starting their first shop usually have inadequate ventilation and dust management

It’s necessary in order to breathe easy and feel good. Good air circulation will whisk away adhesives and fumes from your finishes. The air is filled with fine dust, as well as smoke, that is generated during various operations like shaping. It needs to be removed and replaced with fresh air.

Exposure to wood dust has long been associated with a variety of adverse health effects, including dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and nonallergic respiratory effects, and cancer. Contact with the irritant compounds in wood sap can cause dermatitis and other allergic reactions.

Whether it’s a broom and dustpan or a state-of-the-art central collection system, every woodworker needs to have some kind of strategy for dealing with wood waste in the shop. Of course, some of these methods produce better results than others in terms of fire safety, cleanliness and respiratory health.

But regardless of the kind of dust control or collection equipment you have in your shop, sawdust can still become a problem unless you learn to use your equipment effectively.

Keeping dust out of a fresh finish can be a major accomplishment in a typical small, single-room woodshop. Unfortunately, sucking air through the shop to remove finish fumes tends to stir up wood dust. This potentially pulls in pollen, insects, and dust from the outdoors.

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