[Shop-talk] rag disposal

[eric at megageek.com]

Home/shop fire is always my biggest fear.  (That includes over my own 
death!)

A few months ago, I was working on a handle for a knife I was making.  I 
had used the bench top belt sander a bunch.
About 40/50 mins later, I was smelling smoke.  I couldn't figure it out, 
until I saw smoke coming from the belt sander (inside.)

Turns out, the saw dust had built up and there was enough heat to ignite 
it.  I'm guessing it was a combination of the wood type I was sanding, the 
small fine dust I was producing (very fine grit sand paper) and the heat 
over time.

Worst was that I had to disassemble the sander to get to the fire, so it 
was still smoldering as I was unbolting covers and trying to figure out 
how to get to the part I needed to.

Thanks for sharing the video link!


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Tech Viper
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