View Poll Results: Do you wear a breathing mask when sharpening?

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  • Never, or almost never

    62 84.93%
  • Seldom

    4 5.48%
  • Usually

    5 6.85%
  • Always, or almost always

    2 2.74%
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Thread: Do you wear a (breathing) mask when sharpening?

  1. Quote Originally Posted by Vincent Tai View Post
    ....snip.... it's an odd sight to behold, a guy cutting dovetails with a tiny saw in a hand tools only shop with a respirator on.

    Vince
    Read that as a guy in a hand tools shop with only a respirator on....

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    I tend to use mineral spirits as a lube on my DMT diamond 'stones' so I use a mask when the weather doesn't allow an open door and a fan for fumes.
    "A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".


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