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lovespicyfood:


--- Quote from: DrewKaree on February 05, 2006, 02:01:36 am ---Now, I know that you SHOULD, and I DO always have a mask on my head, but if I'm downwind, I often catch myself leaving the mask off.  It's not a good feeling to have the dryest mouth you've ever had - and it doesn't leave you for a few hours, not to mention you feel like it's harder to take a breath the next day.

I do pesticide applications in the summer, and I happen to have 2 Northern Tool stores fairly close to either my house or work, so this is what I use - $20, and the filter cartridges are replaceable for minimal cost.  Click the pic to go to the website and page with more info on this mask.

Get one and use it.  MDF also has some cancer-causing ingredients holding the stuff together, so no one should NEED to tell you to use one - it's your gamble - but you'd be wise to at least purchase a mask in case you change your mind in mid-cut. :D

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DrewKaree: Thanks for the advice, I am very sensitive to any potential for cancer risk since my Mom passed away with liver cancer a couple years ago.

I have a Harbor Freight close to me so I'll check it out to see what they have.  I'm pretty sure they have something like this and their prices are normally pretty good.  Thanks again!

DrewKaree:

Here's that same mask at Harbor Freight - I run past one of those in my weekly travels, but I've never had good luck with finding a decent dust mask in the store.  Your store might be different though, and I know if I don't see it in the store, at least I can order it :)

Same thing, click the picture for a link to their website.  This is the same one I showed you above.  The colors might be a little different, but that's about it.



ShinAce:

MDF is the devil of sawdust.

Also...a sheet of 3/4" mdf 4'x8' weighs about 96 pounds. When I buy a sheet, i get them to cut it roughly in half.

lovespicyfood:


--- Quote from: DrewKaree on February 05, 2006, 10:47:23 am ---Here's that same mask at Harbor Freight - I run past one of those in my weekly travels, but I've never had good luck with finding a decent dust mask in the store.  Your store might be different though, and I know if I don't see it in the store, at least I can order it :)

Same thing, click the picture for a link to their website.  This is the same one I showed you above.  The colors might be a little different, but that's about it.



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Cool, I'll check it out.  Thanks DrewKaree!

lovespicyfood:


--- Quote from: ShinAce on February 05, 2006, 10:57:59 am ---Also...a sheet of 3/4" mdf 4'x8' weighs about 96 pounds. When I buy a sheet, i get them to cut it roughly in half.

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My Home Depot has a sign that says that they are no longer able to cut MDF for their customers.  That's why I initially started this thread because I was thinking that this stuff is probably fairly hazardous.  Then again, I was also thinking that maybe they were going overboard because of liability/workmen's comp concerns.   :police:

96lbs!?  Well, that explains why I dropped my first piece on it's edge and pretty much thrashed that side.  They're 49"X97" sheets so I figure I can just cut off of the "bad part" that I created....my bad.

Thanks for the info!

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