Rob,

That dragon was the VERY FIRST THING I STARTED ON. I haven't touched it in a year, and it's not finished (or maybe it is). It was a learning tool that I made all my mistakes on. It's somewhere on artmetal.....

Thanks for noticing!

J.R.

Rich,

I'm looking into a positive pressure face mask... I don't care so much about extenting my useful life (too many people are too concerned about the quantity of years instead of quality), but my career... but of course!

J.R.

JR-
If you find one, could you let me (us?) know about it? I've been looking for one, but the only one I found so far is many bucks and requires an air compressor bigger than my house.
Rob

variations

I bought one years ago, it goes with a filtered air supply that plugs into house air (should have a CO sensor on the supply, filter cannot grab that)

The mask was expensive, but once purchased it was easily seen that the 100 odd dollar mask was just a regular rubber paint mask with a plug in one of the filter inputs and a hose fitting mounted in the other.

A friend that did screen printing and had become allergic to the solvents set up a system for his print room.
It consisted of a squirrel cage blower in a room with clean air, and 2" drain plumbing from there to several stations in the print room. the stations were fitted with plugs (but you could make self closing flaps) and he connected a hood via a light plastic vacuum cleaner type hose moving from station to station as needed.

Gene Olson
Sculptor
Elk River, MN

Thanks Gene. The squirrel cage blower sounds like a good plan with a modified paint mask. For those of us with beards (I guess you still have one?), regular masks don't seal well anyway.
Rob