[TheForge] Dust/fumes mask

[Craig Schaefer]

It would work, but it would be far cheaper and easier to buy a pre-made 
breathing system designed for autobody repair.

CraigS
Gresham, OR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tod Estes" <testes at medicine.nodak.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Dust/fumes mask


>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
>> >>> 610-495-5058
>> >>> Plumdon at aol.com
>> >>>
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