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03-14-2008, 03:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Indiana
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|  Cutting aluminu - Health
I am going to be cutting the stock TLT side plates, is there any thing i need to wear, is the aluminum dust dangerous. Thanks
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03-14-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Omaha
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I wear one of those paper face masks. Also gloves just cause aluminum splinters suck. Steel is worse I think, but it is still bad. Other than that what are you useing to cut it?
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03-14-2008, 03:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Indiana
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I am using a hacksaw
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03-14-2008, 04:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Dont lick your cutting surface. I doubt that your arm will be moving fast enough to create a cloud of aluminum dust particles in the air. |
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03-14-2008, 04:28 PM
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03-14-2008, 04:37 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Just cut it at a normal speed. You'll be fine. I cut aluminum with my dremmel and the shavings never even get near my face. |
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03-14-2008, 04:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: $t. Helen$, OR
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Cutting at slow speeds... isnt going to kill you sanding with a high speed sander... for months on end, maybe do some kind of long term damage, but again nothing you will die from welding Al has been known to cause lung cancer(but some believe that any kind of welding can just depends on how much you do it and how much of the gases you directly inhail)... but I have never read anywhere that it has killed to much Al in ur diet isnt a good thing, but a little will not hurt you(from what I have been told(could be wrong)). There is a lot of material online about this kind of "talk". google.com is a handy tool and should get you started |
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03-15-2008, 10:58 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mesa, Az
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Don't forget safety glasses. I got an aluminum shaving in my eye at work a few years ago and the doc had to dremel the rust out of my eye. Not too fun.  |
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03-15-2008, 12:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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03-15-2008, 03:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Omaha
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Good point I should have added the safety glasses as I use them too. Howerver using a hacksaw the only thing I wear is gloves. The edges get sharp and the metal gets very hot. Also the slinters still suck too so gloves solve that. I usually end up with splinters in my arms from steel alot. Anyone that has used a tungsten carbide dremel bit on hardened steel knows what I mean.
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