Whoooooosh surprise
Don Henthorn Smithville, Texas
>A contractor dropped by today to see if I would turn some spindles for a Victorian porch job he is doing and I agreed to do the job. I prepared the stock and started turning. I am using California Laural, myrtlewood for the Oregon tourists, because I had a piece that is thick enough for these spindles. I attached my dust collector hose to the lathe to pick up the sanding dust although with the cheap bags I have it just gets spread out to the rest of the shop. I sanded the first spindle with the collector running and needed to do a little shape change so I switched the collector off and picked up the chisel to begin cutting, Suddenly I felt this cool breeze blowing in my face and my eyes were full of dust. What the---. Then I realized that after the collector fan died down enough the bags fell over squeezing the remaining air and dust out through the collector hose and into my face. Ugh!!!! Strange, it has never happened before. I was a little more careful after that.