Respirators and Eyeglasses

[RayH]

HELP!! Does anyone have a recommendation on a positive pressure respirator that is usable with glasses? :icon_scra

Pre-woodworking lung problems make a non-powered (i.e., sucking through a filter) system not an option.:gar-Cr

TIA for any help on this.

 

[Tarhead]

A few members have the Triton powered units. Jeremy (Woodwrangler) and John (Woodguy1975) for when they do serious dust making. http://www.tritonwoodworking.com/poweredrespirator.htm

Have you considered a good dust collection system like the Clear Vue for your big stationary equipment? (There's dust collection and there's the Bill Pentz kind of dust collection....kinda like apples and pineapples. http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/index.cfm )

Have you looked at using handtools instead of powered tools?
How about smoothing planes, shaves and scrapers instead of sandpaper?
Handsaws instead of powered saws?

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

Ditto what Tarhead says. Bill Pentz, arguably THE guru of home shop dust collection, was/is a lung sufferer. Read what he has to say, even if you don't go with a DC system.

 

[RayH]

Mark/Alan,

Thanks for your ideas. I have a Delta DC and a pretty good air filter/fan, but the problem I have is up close on things like the lathe where collection is about impossible (at least for me).

I have done some research (my mother's maiden name is Pence so maybe Bill Pentz and I are related somewhere) and was about overwhelmed with information until I ran into the tie breaker -- Jeremy's fashion statement:

I was able to get the Trend airshield Pro at a decent price.


Can I take gloat credit using his picture??:wink_smil