On Wednesday 18 November 2009, Kent A. Reed wrote: >Gentle persons: > >I know I'm a big worry wort but two things really bother me about misting. > >The first thing goes back to my days as a lab safety officer. Our lungs >aren't really designed to deal with atomized organic oils. A Material >Safety Data Sheet may say the oil has low toxicity but that probably >isn't relevant to this issue. I don't want to breathe it. The finer the >mist the bigger the problem because the deeper it can get (can you spell >chemical pneumonia?). > >The second thing goes back to my days as a teenager when we thought >explosions were pure fun. A fine mist of oil, even one with a high flash >point, is a basic ingredient to an awesome flame (Case in point: anyone >see the recent Myth Busters episode dealing with kitchen stove fires?) >In my case, the only place in our townhouse my wife will let me put the >tabletop mill I don't have yet is in our basement utility room, sharing >space with a gas-fired water heater and a gas-fired furnace. Hmmm, not >one but two sources of ignition. > >Like I say, I'm a big worry wort, but accidents are what happens just >when you think everything is going fine. My first real summer job, as an >engineering aide on a major construction project was 75-percent >construction inspection and 25-percent recording accidents. What an >eye-opener. > >Live long and prosper. > >Regards, >Kent
I was surprised at its performance. Even when miss-adjusted and outputting half an ounce of Vactra #2 in just 2 or 3 seconds, it appeared that all the oil went on the workpiece, and very little odor of it was present, no moreso than if I had just squirted the same amount on the workpiece from an 8 oz pump oiler. Any oil that was flung, seemed to be flung from the spinning mill itself as it stayed nicely wet, and those droplets would have been heavy enough to fall out of the air at std gravity rates. I had a movie camera about 18" away, and it had a few droplets on it when I was done, and my T shirt was well anointed with oily alu shavings blown there by the air. All of this at elevations a foot below my nose, my glasses didn't get a single hit. The building is moderately well sealed but not insulated, and one of the two mating doors 44" wide just 2 feet from the mill was open, so plenty of yesterdays great weather kept the air fairly clean anyway. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #31 A: Chicken Teriyaki. Q: What is the name of the world's oldest kamikaze pilot? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
