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A handmade home for woodworkers and admirers of woodworkers. Our community icon is submitted by @[email protected] whose father was inspired to start woodworking by Norm and the New Yankee Workshop.

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PSA: Be careful about those respirator masks... (lemmy.crimedad.work)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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... they will send your wireless earbuds flying into the dirtiest corners of your work area if you're not careful with the elastic straps.

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[–] scrion 6 points 6 months ago

Do yourself a favor and order those filters ASAP. This stuff creeps up on you and before you know, you're wheezing like crazy walking up 3 steps. Or you skip that step and go directly to the cancer stage.

I have been around a few of cases like this and man does it suck to see it happen. I moved shops and now have an easily accessible spot for PPE, literally no effort to grab a mask, protective glasses, whatever. It makes all the difference.