[Jewelry making - Article 00116] - Re: [Orchid] Living and Working in the Same Room?

[Lisa Orlando]

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    Do you have a bathroom with a ventilation fan? If you do, you could
    at least put your pickle pot in there. And a small HEPA filter,
    running behind your soldering station, can make a lot of
    difference--especially if you set yourself up so that you can keep
    your face in front of (not over) your work. If you have a good
    ventilation hood over your stove, you might want to set up
    there--I've used a trivet on top of a firebrick on top of a stove
    burner (but only with a butane torch). 

    Finishing is a different story. I suggest reading Judy Hoch's book,
    http://www.marstal.com/thebook.cfm and learning to use a tumbler as
    much as possible. You do not want to be breathing dust of any kind.
    If you hate the noise of the tumbler, at least you can go out and
    get away from it. 

Lisa Orlando
Albion, CA, US
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