[Jewelry making - Article 00131] - Re: [Orchid] Cleaning rusted hammers and stakes

[Elaine Luther]

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>     If you are going to use power tools for significant amounts of
>     work on your hammers and stakes, do it under the protection of good
>     filtration. If you don't, your studio, your nose, and your lungs
>     will be coated with a fine red/brown dust. 

    Yep. When I was at Arrowmont the studio assistant was sanding all the
    stakes, not wearing a mask at all -- so he could keep smoking. The
    dust created a spot on his lung, which then collapsed. 

Elaine

Elaine Luther
Metalsmith, Certified PMC Instructor
http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com (TM)
Hard to Find Tools for Metal Clay
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