View Full Version : health hazard cutting MDF?
fozziebo
10-30-2006, 06:35 PM
Browsing the net led me to many sites warning of woodworking with MDF without adequate dust collection. Enough so that I have put off a planned project until I research a little more. Since my "shop" is really my basement, air quality should be a premium. My question is, do any of you use dust collection and how concerned should I be when using the CW machine? i.e the amount of dust chips given for the average project
thanks again
pkunk
10-30-2006, 09:28 PM
I do use DC under my machine which catches almost all of the excess dust. The machine by it's very nature lets only a little dust escape. MDF is probably less hazardus than you would think, the main concern being fine particuletes which W/O DC you could overcome with a dust mask. Formaldahides, the other concern, are almost non-existant anymore in manufactured wood products. They've proven that the human body emits more than particle board.
Dan-Woodman
10-31-2006, 03:28 PM
I also have dust collection on my cw and I find that MDF doen't suck up as well as other woods because it's so fine dust.
pkunk
10-31-2006, 04:55 PM
I also have dust collection on my cw and I find that MDF doen't suck up as well as other woods because it's so fine dust.
Dan, sent email w/ pic.
Can anyone recommend a a good dust collection system to use with this machine?
What about this one?
5 Gallon Dust Collection Cyclone Separator
http://www.grizzly.com/products/G6102
vs.
Shop Fox® Downdraft Table
http://www.grizzly.com/products/H6396
Vs.
1 HP Dust Collector
http://www.grizzly.com/products/G8027
with
30 Gallon Dust Collection 2 Stage Cyclone Separator
http://www.grizzly.com/products/g3376
or something else?
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