Nose full of sawdust

Re: Nose full of sawdust

Russ Fairfield

>There is no substitute for CFM.

Anything is better than nothing.

Cocobolo

Russ Fairfield

>There are only two kinds of people, those who are allergic to Cocobolo, and those that will be.

Re: Nose full of sawdust

Jeremy Osner

>Thanks Russ -- I guess I will start with this and upgrade sometime in the future... (seems like just about everything in my shop is something I want to upgrade when I'm able to.)

Re: Filter Rating?

Robert Simmons, Atlanta

>The Triton is HEPA filtered, though I don't recall the rating off the top of my head. P2, maybe? It's listed on the Triton website. The cartidges are easily replaceable and a cleanable pre-filter keeps them from clogging up too quickly. Mine are still pretty clean.

Robert

Updated answer

Robert Simmons, Atlanta

>Filters are supposed to go to 0.3 microns, about $8 each. The unit takes 2.

Robert

Re: Updated answer

Bill Howatt

>Thanks for the info. I think I'll look into getting one.

Bill

Re: Nose full of sawdust

Joe Fleming

>Jeremy,

For dust protection, you want a filter that give NIOSH N95 rating or better. There are many passive and powered filters on the market that accomplish this. Passive filters require you to breathe air through the filter. Powered filters pump air to the mask.

This URL is probably way more information than you want on the topic, but it is a good source of information.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/userguid.html

BEWARE - there are many passive and powered filters that are NOT NIOSH N95 rated. For example, the 3M Power Visor (powered) and the Dust Bee Gone mask (passive) are both NOT compliant.

Joe Fleming - San Diego