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lapidary grinder, and...

updated wed 20 dec 06

 

pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on mon 18 dec 06


Hi everyone,


...of course, these various so-far mentioned
methods, when used 'dry', will be making quite
tiny little super-fine
Silica-and-whatnot-else-laden "dusts", with lots
of it of just the operatively 'right' size for the
person doing it to be gradually attaining
Silicosis...which would tend to defeat all one's
other fastidious attentions to clean floors or
tidy other habits of whatever else
prudence-wise...

So, really, to see to your own happiness, either
do these operations outdoors with a decent Breeze
somewhat diagonal to your back, or, ( figure out a
means to ) run these methods Soapy-Water 'wet' and
wear a Mask of some kind, or, run them 'wet'
useing thin recirculating Vegetable Oil and skip
the mask then since you will not have any airborne
particles to worry about....or, at least think
carefully about what you are doing in this
regard...anyway...even if it seems for now like a
small and incidental matter...


Just my 'Devil may care' thought-for-the-day...


Love,

Phil
Las Vegas