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New Member
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Do you think a surgical mask would be good enough to prevent someone from breathing in the particles?
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Edited by PhilG
06/24/2008 08:20 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes, a regular dust mask or surgical mask should be fine. Are you hand carving or using a Dremel?
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Pillar of the Community
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Put some pics up on here of your "work" when you're finished with one...or any previously finished ones please ! I'd like to see your craftmanship !....  ..... ..... Edited by eaglefoot
06/25/2008 08:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd only be concerned if you were carving coins minted in beryllium. (really obscure joke  ) I'll just guess that cupronickel particles are too dense to be suspended in the air to breathe. If you were actually vaporizing metals into smaller particles that would be more of an issue--and hard to easily filter out. |
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Quote: I'd only be concerned if you were carving coins minted in beryllium. (really obscure joke ) Barium and Beryllium were recently mixed. Why are they so happy? - They are expecting a BaBe!  |
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FFFPPPSSSSSSSHHHRRRROOOOOOOOOOO000MMMMMM! Eaglefoot ducks as massive rush of air flies over his head. And so he runs out of the room quick as a rabbit, realizing that his lack of knowledge with simple chemical formulas might be embarrasingly apparant.....though he does deduce that "Ba" and "Be" would mean Barium & Beryllium and thinks that he gets this joke and does find it funny, though he's never even heard of either chem. compd. before in his life........ 
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06/25/2008 4:57 pm
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Quote:
though he does deduce that "Ba" and "Be" would mean Barium & Beryllium and thinks that he gets this joke and does find it funny, though he's never even heard of either chem. compd. before in his life........
You have more than likely run into these two elements at some point in your life. Those wonderfully nasty shakes that they make you drink before a GI(gastrointestinal, not Government Issue  ) Xray are barium sulfate and beryllium is a key component of beryl, aka emerald, aquamarine, etc. BTW, beryllium is a Category 1 carcinogen, right up there with benzene and dioxin, incredibly toxic by inhalation of dust  |
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I carve nickels, and unless you're making some kind of dust, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Mostly, I make very small flecks, and never breathe any of them. Here are a couple of pics- Image:  7.jpg71.04 KB Image: 6.jpg45.95 KB |
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Nice work!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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coinguy...... That's pretty cool !... Incorperating the indians face into that..... Do you ever start with a "clean slate" and do something completely different ?
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Coinguy,
Those are great--and I bet a lot of fun!
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Thanks, they are a lot of fun. I've only done 15 so far, but I'm getting better at it all the time. I've never started with a "clean slate", but I may try that someday. For now I'm just learning to use what is there already. What do you guys use to carve with?
Tom
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