"Come to the Dark Side, Luke"
I'm hand-sanding, since I'm working on narrow wooden trim in the galley, where we don't want to kick up a lot of sawdust and incur extra cleanup. To avoid breathing what sawdust there is, I asked for a mask, and was provided with this serious piece of gear. After two hours in this little facial sauna I thought I'd done a pretty good job on the teak, but nooooo. It was going to require a lot more sanding.
Then the Capt told me I could take a break from sanding in the galley (wow, thanks!)..."and start on the wood in the cockpit." (Uh, OK)
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Do I sense mutiny in the air?
Steve - Naah, he'd probably make me walk the plank.
And here I thought labor was cheap in Mexico?
Yeah, but a wife is free, and she'll make lunch too.
A trick to keep the dust down when using a power sander, run a shop vac at the point of attack. Sometimes an extra filter is needed on the shop vac because some of the really fine dust will blow right through the regular filter and make a mess. A large coffee filter works well, just slip the coffer filter over the regular filter and attach it with a rubber band.
Norm - As always, we are ill-prepared for this. We've got a shop vac but no filter, and because we live in MX we'd have to go 80 miles to buy one. Therefore we'll just be sweeping up the sawdust like everybody did before there were shop vacs.
Have fun. Maybe I will see you in the morning I am coming to the library for some books.
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