Home made machinable wax

[mbellon (Mark Bellon)]

@MrJJ

The other thing I am planning to do is to make some Musky lures out of wood.

Remember that wood is a friable material; the particles generated by machining are hazardous to your health. Please see:

Potential Health Effects of CNC and Machining

I ordered the Nomad 883 and I live in a small dorm room on campus. I would like to have it in my room so I can use it whenever I want and keeping an eye on it in case anything goes wrong. However, I am not sure if there is any potential health hazard linked to having it in my room. I am concerned about the dust and powder produced. I understand that wood, fiberglass and other materials alike produce fine dust during machining, so I am not considering machining those in my room. But I wonder if …

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Plastisol

Neat material! Had to look it up.

mark