Hello from NZ

[pop4richard]

Hi.
I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I joined the site a few months back with the intention of just making a pair of Madisound RBR’s. Now I’ve finished them I have an itch to build another more substantial pair of speakers.

So Hello to everyone, and thanks for making a really great site.

Now looking forward to more piles of MDF dust.

Kindest regards. Richard

 

[aptquark]

Hello....

make sure to breath heavily when cutting MDF. That's IF you like to minimize your life expectancy. Took me a a few cuts before I started using a mask. DOH!

Cheers.

 

[pop4richard]

Piles of MDF dust

Hi aptquark, thanks for the advice.

I started out just holding my breath while I made cuts on the table saw. That was fine but I couldn't hold my breath long enough when using the router!

Now I have a mask (but still tend to hold my breath)

 

[audi0]

Hello and MDF!

Hi Richard,

welcome to diyaudio!

There must be a whole lot of nasties in MDF, I have cut, routed, sanded and finished a whole lot of the stuff over the years and have always ended up with skin irritations. I know formaldahyde is one of the ingredients

Cheers.. Steve

 

[Cal Weldon]

Hello Richard and welcome to the forums

 

[aardvarkash10]

Gidday Pop4 and welcome! Hey if you do all your work outside, Wellywood's wind will take care of the dust extraction problem...

 

[jymz4941]

Hello....

make sure to breath heavily when cutting MDF. That's IF you like to minimize your life expectancy. Took me a a few cuts before I started using a mask. DOH!

Cheers.

Probably a much better idea (if you don't have a complete dust removal system) is a helmet, with a filtered air supply on a waist belt.

Good luck and a warm welcome.

Jim.