Juliekeensnapper":2iiw1mru said:
I'm not new to power tools, I've been using drills and jigsaws for decades (previously I would have cut the 2x2 with a jigsaw!)
I do use ear and eye protection, but not a dust mask as I'm cutting outdoors, do you think I should still wear one?
Thanks for your concern for my safety
Ah OK. Hard to tell over the Internet sometimes. And I'm as far from an expert as you could get BTW! Hope I didn't sound patronising.
It's a bit of common I spose using a mask outside. And a jigsaw makes far less dust than a chopsaw as Phil says. Bit of a breeze, cutting softwood.... your choice. I've certainly done (do) it. I used to spend
hours cutting stone with a grinder in ma youff. Dustmask was (sometimes) a t shirt tied round my face. Just madness and the infallibility of the young and daft.
For the few odd cuts... I probably wouldn't lets be honest.
But if I was lining up to do a load of cuts with a chopsaw. One after the other then, Yeh. Why not? Takes no time to put one on. A cheap dust mask costs pennies. No substitute for a decent one before I start a mask debate. Far better than not wearing one at all.
If you want to start looking at better quality ones without breaking the bank, there's plenty of threads on here just search. I use a trend airshield and it's fantastic in my book at least.
Or you could buy a pair of gloves and a handsaw lol. New saw will tear through it like butter. And after a 100 cuts you'll have new godlike saw skills.
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