bonsaiTALK Community - View Single Post - Potential Hazard: Dust From Rock Cutting

Dust from cutting stones can be a health problem. I'm a jeweler and have been doing lapidary work since I was 13 years old (I'm 42 now, so I'll let you do the math). I'm not sure what kind of equipment you all use, but I've found that a light weight oil or, better yet, transmission fluid is a great lubricant for the saw blade and will reduce dust greatly! Also, another little trick, if you don't have an air filter attatched to the hood of your grindstone, you can take an old vacuum cleaner...attatch the hose to the housing of your grinding machine and suck up ALOT of the dust that way. Hey, it works for me!

30-Jul-2004	#4
Carcey bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Mar-2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Country: USA Posts: 119	Dust from cutting stones can be a health problem. I'm a jeweler and have been doing lapidary work since I was 13 years old (I'm 42 now, so I'll let you do the math). I'm not sure what kind of equipment you all use, but I've found that a light weight oil or, better yet, transmission fluid is a great lubricant for the saw blade and will reduce dust greatly! Also, another little trick, if you don't have an air filter attatched to the hood of your grindstone, you can take an old vacuum cleaner...attatch the hose to the housing of your grinding machine and suck up ALOT of the dust that way. Hey, it works for me! __________________ Bonsai-folk may be small, but we're wirey!!!