Ed:
Bill Pentz has joined the shoptalk group (he posted the following
to one of the product review threads in error:
Hi,
John asked me to
come and share a little on this forum. With my clubs long since
retired after my handicap slipped from a 7 to a 28 with health
problems, I probably can contribute little on the golfing
side.
I might be able to
contribute a little to the concerns about fine dust created in working
with the clubs. Back in 1999 I had some worsening allergy problems so
threw money at that problem buying the top recommended Oneida-Air
cyclone and upgraded its stock filter with the "best" rated
American Fabric Filter fine oversized bag filter. Within a couple of
months I was in the hospital with dust triggered severe pneumonia. I
spent my recovery time learning about dust collection and what went
wrong. What I learned is it is the residual dust that lingers in our
work areas which we keep putting airborne with our tools and dust
collection that causes the biggest problem. I paid for a medical air
quality test and found my woodworking tools and filter sprayed the
finest dust all over, and my cyclone moved under half the air needed
to collect the fine dust. I then went to work figuring out how to
repair my cyclone. When all my changes only made a little improvement,
I started over and built my own cyclone design. It worked so well my
doc talked me into sharing and I did on a couple of woodworking
forums. I was immediately so overwhelmed, I moved those few articles
to their own web pages and included a rapidly growing Frequently Asked
Question (FAQ) page. Either crazy or a touch of a fanatic I've kept
those pages and my designs evolving and now see in excess of 18,000
unique visitors a day to my pages, and almost every cyclone maker now
uses some of my innovations. I'm pretty pleased right now because
Harvard Medical School just did some testing and gave me a gold star
with my cyclone separating 98.2% of the finest dust particles versus
the closest competitor, which uses my design changes to a standard
cyclone at only 42%. When they finally get published, I will share the
details. Anyhow, the point is don't let yourself get in trouble from
too much exposure to resins, fiberglass, graphite, etc.
Happy to be
abord.
Bill
Pentz
Cyclone and Dust Collection
Research: http://BillPentz.com/Woodworking/Cyclone/Index.cfm
John,
I don't know the answer to your question. I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV :-)
However, this has some sobering information (read the Introduction)
http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/DustCollectionIntroduction.cfm
Perhaps this will be a good winter project?
/Ed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Strange you posted this, Ed. I was thinking about this yesterday when looking at the graphite dust settled on the back wall of my shop. I wonder how much you need to be exposed to even as a hobbyist before it becomes a problem. Is a few clubs a day a problem? Once or twice a week?
Thanks for the note and link to Bill Pentz site.
John
shoptalk
clubmaker-online.com
This post was prompted by a question in another forum about dust collection.
FIRST - Graphite dust in the air is a bad thing. A great solution to keep the dust out of the air when cutting shafts is a wet tile saw.
This one has gotten good reviews: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=91511.
SECOND - Planning a dust collection system is a serious business. This site is an AMAZING resource (John are you listing?)
http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/Index.cfm
The site is geared toward woodworking, but contains more information than you thought possible about dust collection. It covers everything from health concerns and planning through built it yourself dust collection projects. Do yourself a favor and spend some time looking through it.
/Ed
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Send me a quick note if yes.
Thanks!
John Muir
http://clubmaker-online.com
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810.923.7396
John Muir
http://clubmaker-online.com
http://gripscience.com
http://elevongolf.com
http://thedriverstudio.com
810.923.7396
