[TheForge] Dust/fumes mask

[Tod Estes]

I agree, if you went with a compressed air source you may want to consider a
hooka type diving set-up. That would allow you safe compressed air.
I wonder, if you could take a forge blower, electric driven, make a filter box
to filter incomming air, ducted to a hose connected to a helmet? Would that
work?
Quoting Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com>:

> Don't even SUGGEST  using an ordinary air compressor or any rig that
> incorporates one for breathable air supply, whether SCBA or otherwise.   The
> lube oil atomizes, coats the lungs and you suffocate in  minutes or seconds.
> I once knew  a sculptor in Southern California  who was all set to use such
> a rig to do a piece involving full body immersion, when he just chanced to
> run into a NASA engineer at a cocktail party, of all places.  The engineer
> saved his life with this little piece of information.  Could have gone the
> other way.
>
> pgh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Schaefer" <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Dust/fumes mask
>
>
> > Check out a couple of options for breathable air on 'autobodystore.com'.
> > They aren't expensive when considering health and buying replaceable
> > cartridges for a mask.   You could adapt the hose to a welding helmet.
> > The key word in Bruce's response is 'breathable' compressed air.   Without
> > expensive filters, you don't be breathable air out of an ordinary
> > compressor.
> >
> >
> > CraigS
> > Gresham, OR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Dust/fumes mask
> >
> >
> >> Don,
> >>
> >> Have you considered rigging your own "supplied air"
> >> mask?  What it would entail is bringing some flexible
> >> hose from a remote (outside?) blower to your mask.
> >> Obviously, this is not real convenient if you have to
> >> move around a lot while welding, but if you are
> >> working in a fixed position, it should not be much
> >> bother.  (You can minimize the bother by fastening the
> >> hose to your belt, so that it doesn't pull at the
> >> mask.)
> >>
> >> If you are moving around, you could use breathable
> >> compressed air (from a cylinder, unless you have an
> >> appropriate pump), and bring it up to the mask in a
> >> small diameter, "high pressure" hose that wouldn't
> >> restrict movement so much.  Then at the mask (or belt)
> >> you run it through a restrictor (a crushed tube works
> >> well against a fixed high pressure head) to give low
> >> pressure, high volume.
> >>
> >> Bruce
> >> NJ
> >>
> >> --- PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> Looking for a bit of advice.
> >>>
> >>> Having some  increasing respiratory problems and
> >>> need a dust/fumes mask that
> >>> I can put an  electronic welding helmet over. Any
> >>> ideas much appreciated. What
> >>> I have wont  fit.
> >>>
> >>> I dont think I have been as much concerned about
> >>> dust and fumes as I  should
> >>> have been. Perhaps as we all should be.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any  suggestions.
> >>>
> >>> Don Plummer
> >>> Plummer Design Works
> >>> 392 Hallman Mill  Road
> >>> Phoenixville, PA 19460
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Tod Estes

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