MDF caused pot usage....

[Gotcha6]

A Neti pot, that is. After making the trim pieces for 5 elliptical arches like below (20 pieces total), I had to visit the sink with the Neti pot to get the dust outa my nose. In spite of using a shop vac with the router, that stuff is nasty dusty.



I plan to do a How To post on the entire process of ellipses soon. Stay tuned....

 

[Matt Schnurbusch]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

While truly useful, a neti pot has to be one of the most disgusting things I have have ever used.

Fortunately (maybe not if you ask LOML) I have a very hairy nose. MDF + my nose = BLACK tissues!!

 

[DaveO]

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Love my Neti pot (or the more acceptable squeeze bottle) I have never breathed better. That is blessing in disquise, as I now can smell things that I use to ignore. I need to do something about the stray cat that is peein' in my shop:eusa_doh:

Dave

 

[Ray Martin]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

A Neti pot, that is. After making the trim pieces for 5 elliptical arches like below (20 pieces total), I had to visit the sink with the Neti pot to get the dust outa my nose. In spite of using a shop vac with the router, ....

After having Googled "neti pot", b/c I just didn't know ... well... and then a router with a shop vac? Your nose must be sore...



:gar-La;:rotflm::gar-La;:rotflm::gar-La;

 

[cpw]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

I LOVE my Neti pot. Since I started using one allergy season has changed from a major disability to a minor inconvenience.

 

[McRabbet]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

You need to get one of these to avoid getting some of that offensive dust caught in your nostrils and the rest of it into your lungs! Cost is less than $20 including filters from Grizzly. Your lungs are too valuable not to protect. In this picture, I used the stock filter on the ROS; I now use it with a hose connected to my ClearVue CV06 mini cyclone and 16 gallon ShopVac, which prevents very little dust from ever getting airborne.

View image in gallery​

 

[richlife]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

You need to get one of these to avoid getting some of that offensive dust caught in your nostrils and the rest of it into your lungs! Cost is less than $20 including filters from Grizzly. Your lungs are too valuable not to protect. In this picture, I used the stock filter on the ROS; I now use it with a hose connected to my ClearVue CV06 mini cyclone and 16 gallon ShopVac, which prevents very little dust from ever getting airborne.

View image in gallery​

Yeah, ANYTHING is better than nothing. MDF is really nasty stuff. Not just wood dust but some choice chemicals that you really don't want in your body. It really seems to fight against dust collection efforts and fills an air cleaner in no time!

I didn't recognize the term 'neti pot' either, but have heard of it. Now I understand why you need it. :eusa_doh: Rich

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation

 

[froglips]

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+1 for the neti pot.

For something that offers so much relief, I got over the obvious, uhm, uniqueness of the activity.

I'm still at squeeze bottle, but might just take this as the motivation to go full blown neti pot.

If only Jimmy Durante was still with us, would he not make the perfect spokesperson for the late night infomercial?

Jim

 

[Rob]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

What squeeze bottle?

 

[MarkE]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

A Neti pot, that is. After making the trim pieces for 5 elliptical arches like below (20 pieces total), I had to visit the sink with the Neti pot to get the dust outa my nose. In spite of using a shop vac with the router, that stuff is nasty dusty.



I plan to do a How To post on the entire process of ellipses soon. Stay tuned....

Ok wait. So, first you used a router and shop vac, and when that didn't get the dust out, you used the neti pot? :rotflm:

 

[Mr. Lahey]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

The neti pot is great but I found something even better.

The sinus rinse is quicker and less messy. It provides a bit of pressure so it clears your sinuses better.

http://www.amazon.com/Neilmed-Sinus...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B001H54VP2

I use it if I have a cold or am stopped up from allergies, or any time I have been exposed to sawdust

 

[Trent Mason]

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I don't really work with mdf that much, but I'm diggin the ellipse! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[Glennbear]

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Definitely sounds like a good argument for a dust mask or respirator. :wsmile:

 

[Gotcha6]

Re: MDF causes pot usage....

Look in the drug stores for an AYR kit. Basically it's a squeeze bottle with packets of saline and bicarbonate mixed. It's filled with distilled water & packet(s) of solution added and warmed to make the nasal rinse. You just insert it in your nostril while leaning over the sink and squeeze. Use 1/2 of the solution in each nostril. NEVER RINSE WITH PLAIN WATER. DAMHIKT.
BTW, since this has turned into a health issue, I'm moving the thread there.

 

[MrAudio815]

Dennis,

I really like this:


Way to use MDF....With all that I did have....I should have done something like that with it. Oh Well I had fun with it making face plates, shelves, and Work Benches.

Now the Netti Pot is nice, it made my nose nice and clear after I got it unclogged 2 days latter. Man I sure had some build up, up in there. Then once it was so clear, of course I go out in the shop with no protection and am feeling worse than before because my nose was so clear. So I wear something similar to Rob's dust Mask, but it only has one filter. I got it on Amazon for I think $14 plus two sets of filters for a little more. That think works great~! And my nose has been tons better ever since~!

 

[Ray Martin]

Just the idea of using one makes me vote for mask before rather than neti after.

 

[Glennbear]

I have reopened this thread to post about a very serious concern which has surfaced with neti pot usage:

http://news.yahoo.com/brain-eating-...BzdGNhdAN1cwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3

 

[WoodWrangler]

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You need to get one of these to avoid getting some of that offensive dust caught in your nostrils and the rest of it into your lungs!

When you say "one of these", I assume you mean a guy with a dust mask on to do my sanding, right? :gar-La;

 

[KenOfCary]

MDF is the primary reason I started buying Festool. Working with a lot of MDF for a project was what started me looking at a Festool Track Saw. Attached to a Shop Vac I get almost no dust in the air while cutting MDF.

They all have excellent dust collection.

It has escalated to more Festool's from there. But I have never looked back regretfully.

- Ken.