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This is not a fashion statement........!

Odie

Odie

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Keeping dust and chips out of your hair can be a problem for woodturners.

I have been wearing a do-rag while turning, but it's not expandable.....It works pretty well, but it's not that secure when installing and removing my face shield. My son gave me the idea to get a football "skull cap". These are intended to be used underneath the football helmet. This might be a good solution but most of these are name brand merchandise and not that cheap.

While searching, I came across some spandex "wave caps". These appear to be used mainly by black men who use it for styling their hair......and, appear to be perfect for my purposes:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/23068166396...49&var=530035197360&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

I just ordered a couple of these.

What other solutions have you been using for the dust/chip problem?

ko
 
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odie said:
What other solutions have you been using for the dust/chip problem?
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A friend of mine solved the problem with advanced baldness. I'm not at that point yet. I used to use a comb when I got back to the house but I got tired of my wife beating me.

A compressed air nozzle works wonders for hair, shirt, etc. When I worked in a wood shop in the '60s we would take turns dusting off each other at the end of the day.

Before I got a heated shop I sometimes used a welder's cap - made for keeping white hot flying steel off the head. Kept my noggin warm.

Once I got a light weight hair covering used in hospitals for surgery - probably kind of like the thing you mentioned. Quite the fashion statement, I say.

BTW, not for hair, but I got some paper jackets that some dentists use. They will keep the chips out of the neck, keep cocobolo dust off the arms, and tear away if you should lose your mind and stick the sleeve into the lathe. Kind of a disposable turning smock. The sleeves can be cut off if desired.

JKJ
 
Hmm, Spandex around my head.... gives me a head ache just thinking about it. If you have watched my videos, I am always wearing one of these:

http://www.hatpeople.com/sportshop/catalogue/cat.html

A local Saturday Market vendor. Wear it like a welder's hat. I have traded a number of bowls with them. Nice folks. Usually keep 2 for the shop, and 2 for 'formal' wear.

robo hippy
 
A baseball cap.

If I'm wearing a faceshield (usually on faceplate turnings), I'll wear the baseball cap reversed. I acquired recently a railroad engineer cap, which is like a baseball cap with a shorter brim--I wear that reversed under the faceshield.

The more expensive faceshields may have full head coverage for those of us who still have a few follicles.

No, they don't make Rain-X for wood, but that would be a great invention.
 
robo hippy said:
Hmm, Spandex around my head.... gives me a head ache just thinking about it. If you have watched my videos, I am always wearing one of these:

http://www.hatpeople.com/sportshop/catalogue/cat.html

A local Saturday Market vendor. Wear it like a welder's hat. I have traded a number of bowls with them. Nice folks. Usually keep 2 for the shop, and 2 for 'formal' wear.

robo hippy
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Robo......Of all the posters to this forum whom I'm familiar with, you are the one I figured to be a sure thing to respond. Yes, I've seen some of your videos, and your hat. I always thought it was a welders hat, though. 🙂

The spandex wave cap.....well, I don't know if that's going to work, or not. It isn't costing me much to find out.....I'll let you know.😀

ko
 
I usually just wear a face shield. I usually aim the shavings away but blowing chips out if hollow forms ten to go every which way.
I usually run a come though my hair walking out of the shop. It gets all the big stuff.
A baseball jar works well worn backwards.
 
Those spandex caps made me think about the watermelon and rubber band thing as in how many can you put around it before it explodes.... I do like supporting local artists and crafters. I was a vendor at our Saturday Market for 30 years.

robo hippy
 
Welding cap works

I worked for several years when I was younger in a welding shop, so welding cap was a natural choice for me. The short brim turned backwards also helps deflect chops away from the collar of my turning smock.
 
hockenbery said:
I usually just wear a face shield. I usually aim the shavings away but blowing chips out if hollow forms ten to go every which way.
I usually run a come though my hair walking out of the shop. It gets all the big stuff.
A baseball jar works well worn backwards.
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For those of us without air compressors in the shop who blow shavings out the old-fashioned way: Remember to lift your face shield before blowing.

Don't ask me how I know that.

Hy
 
At Wally World, and other big box stores, you can pick up a bandana ready-formed into a hat, such as motorcyclists wear. They are variously called 'bandana head wrap' or 'biker cap.' They cost 4-12 bucks, are tied to fit your head, very comfortable, and are washable. I wear mine under my face shields without problems.
 
Dean Center said:
At Wally World, and other big box stores, you can pick up a bandana ready-formed into a hat, such as motorcyclists wear. They are variously called 'bandana head wrap' or 'biker cap.' They cost 4-12 bucks, are tied to fit your head, very comfortable, and are washable. I wear mine under my face shields without problems.
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Hi Dean......The Walmart "biker cap" you speak of, is what I have been using. It is comfortable, but it has a habit of moving around with repeated on-off-on-off-on of the face shield......unless if it's tied tight. This is what motivated me to start looking around for an alternative solution.

This "wave cap" arrived yesterday, and I wore it for a few hours in the afternoon. Robo may not be able to handle the spandex, but I suspect many of us will forget that it's there, as I did. I believe it's the same material that women's nylon stockings are made from. I'll be able to use this in the hot summer days. It's very light and breathable:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/23068166396...49&var=530035197360&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I also bought one of these, which is also spandex, but a thicker material. It's advertised for under football helmets. This one hasn't arrived yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171159493592?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

For those of us who have trouble with elbow joints while turning/sanding, I bought one of these arm braces that has tabs for adjusting the pressure. I had been using a non-adjustable arm brace:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35170266820...49&var=620662503096&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

ko
 
I don't worry about chips in my hair. At my age, I'm glad to have hair to catch the shavings and chips. An army buddy told me that when he turned forty, all his friends' hair turned gray. His turned loose! Odie and others, thanks for the various tips and headgear available. 🙂
 
odie said:
What other solutions have you been using for the dust/chip problem?

ko
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Historically I stick a finger in one ear and take an air gun to that side of the head and switch.
I'm hoping my new DC will handle the chips once I get it plumbed up
 
Raul McCai said:
Historically I stick a finger in one ear and take an air gun to that side of the head and switch.
I'm hoping my new DC will handle the chips once I get it plumbed up
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An air gun?! That's what we used to call a pellet rifle 50 years ago. Sounds painful. 🙂

I've got a big cyclone hooked up and do catch sanding dust at the lathe but it gets almost no chips. They all go the wrong way, most toward me or a little to the left and right.

I did put a splitter on the same DC drop and connected a shop vac hose. Cleans up nicely. But the compressed air is still my weapon of choice. I think my wife would like me to install an air line at the door to the house. I sometimes come in carrying bits of hay after feeding the llamas.

JKJ
 
John K Jordan said:
An air gun?! That's what we used to call a pellet rifle 50 years ago. Sounds painful. 🙂

I've got a big cyclone hooked up and do catch sanding dust at the lathe but it gets almost no chips. They all go the wrong way, most toward me or a little to the left and right.

I did put a splitter on the same DC drop and connected a shop vac hose. Cleans up nicely. But the compressed air is still my weapon of choice. I think my wife would like me to install an air line at the door to the house.
I sometimes come in carrying bits of hay after feeding the llamas.
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JKJ
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. She has trained you of course to leave your boots at the door!!!! Gretch
 
Gretch Flo said:
. She has trained you of course to leave your boots at the door!!!! Gretch
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You know, Gretch.......Your "see how big my fish is" photo would make a great avatar for the new forum! 😀
 
John K Jordan said:
An air gun?! That's what we used to call a pellet rifle 50 years ago. Sounds painful. 🙂 .....
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Believe it or not, "air gun" is the correct terminology for a manually operated high pressure air nozzle. When I was a kid sixty odd years ago we sometimes used the term "air rifle", but more often "BB gun" and "pellet gun". Years later, in Boot Camp, I learned through observing the mistakes of those less fortunate, the difference between a rifle and a gun and to never make the mistake of referring to my rifle as a gun. 😀
 
My grandkids love coming into the shop when it's an little colder, because I'm wearing my Davy Crocket hat.

Warm, and I can still use my face shield easily.

Happy Turning - Tom
 

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odie said:
For those of you who don't know.......I have a ponytail!
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That alone qualifies you as an artist. 🙂

I would grow a ponytail but grass doesn't grow on a busy street. 😀

For sure you don't want to lean over to get a closer look while the lathe is running.
 
Bill Boehme said:
That alone qualifies you as an artist. 🙂

I would grow a ponytail but grass doesn't grow on a busy street. 😀

For sure you don't want to lean over to get a closer look while the lathe is running.
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Heh,heh,heh........Well, actually I have a bald spot in the back that's getting bigger each year!

Being careful with your hair, and a running lathe, has always been a priority.......as, well it should be. These "wave caps" not only keep chips and dust out of my hair......it's become a convenient way to get the long hair in the back out of the way.

ko

ko
 
Suck it up Nancy, working with wood you need to become one with your environment. 😛
I have wood shavings in every orifice of my clothing and body every day. 😱
 
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