Am I being paranoid?(diamond stones)

its always better to be safe than sorry but you should be just fine as long as you wasn't going ape shit sharpening it. Others have said they've seen no SDS stating to wear a respirator but you wont find a SDS on silicon carbide products 90% the time and that will cause silicosis which is a basically a brutal form of COPD because the more silicon carbide in your lungs the more those fine particles will destroy your air passages to absorb oxygen.
 
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ZedsDead said:
but you wont find a SDS on silicon carbide products 90% the time and that will cause silicosis
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The first time I think I ever heard that word was in a beautiful sad song that I still really enjoy. Hell, the entire album is a just amazing.


Brian.
 
So should we start suing all the sharpening stone manufacturers for our future pain, suffering and healthcare
 
For that matter, lets all avoid the beach as it causes silicosis. Actually avoid going outside as the dirt and dust will kill us

I think sharpening by hand leaves little risk of breathing harmful dust in. As stated earlier, power sharpening or grinding, take at least some precautions to avoid breathing it in
 
bgentry said:
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The first time I think I ever heard that word was in a beautiful sad song that I still really enjoy. Hell, the entire album is a just amazing.


Brian.
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That was a surprisingly depressing yet elegant song. Makes me kinda glad to have OSHA.

Tjstampa said:
So should we start suing all the sharpening stone manufacturers for our future pain, suffering and healthcare
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Eh with a proper biopsy to prove high concentrations of silicon carbide and a valid record of product purchases maybe?

If the product has silicon carbide in it it should have a proper SDS with it, silicon carbide is much like asbestos you don't realize it's killing you till it's too late.
 
OK, you guys have kicked up my OCD.I use a Razor Edge coarse stone,which is a dry stone,to grind in my relief angles before going to the Sharpmaker.I've used these for about 25 years.Any concerns?
 
Robert Ptacek said:
OK, you guys have kicked up my OCD.I use a Razor Edge coarse stone,which is a dry stone,to grind in my relief angles before going to the Sharpmaker.I've used these for about 25 years.Any concerns?
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Grinding with silicon carbide isn't all that dangerous as long as you ain't holding you face real close to the work piece inspecting while grind and your not sharpening some kind of tool steel shank which often requires a decent bit of pressure which degrades the wheel rapidly basically createing a almost invisible bloom on silicon dust around the sharpening area unless you have a dust collector on your grinder.

You should be fine a little in the lungs won't kill you, it might present some adverse health affect but it also might not. Pretty much the only time to genuinely worry is if you have to do it day after day at a job doing heavy grinding with silicon carbide.

Sharpening knives presents a very low risk due to low stock removal but I still believe it should be common practice to actively ventilate you grinders and use a respirator when possible.
 
Tjstampa said:
So should we start suing all the sharpening stone manufacturers for our future pain, suffering and healthcare
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No we should reward them for making man made stones that can keep up with our super steel habit.
Can you imagine if we just had Arks ?
Sheeeeeet :(
 
Actually, it is a benchstone not a powered grinder.
ZedsDead said:
Grinding with silicon carbide isn't all that dangerous as long as you ain't holding you face real close to the work piece inspecting while grind and your not sharpening some kind of tool steel shank which often requires a decent bit of pressure which degrades the wheel rapidly basically createing a almost invisible bloom on silicon dust around the sharpening area unless you have a dust collector on your grinder.

You should be fine a little in the lungs won't kill you, it might present some adverse health affect but it also might not. Pretty much the only time to genuinely worry is if you have to do it day after day at a job doing heavy grinding with silicon carbide.

Sharpening knives presents a very low risk due to low stock removal but I still believe it should be common practice to actively ventilate you grinders and use a respirator when possible.
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Wowbagger said:
TOTALLY agree ! ! ! !
Are you a Jason Isbell fan ?
Him and his wife Amanda Shires and The 400 Unit ! ! !
Sorry to jack the thread I'll shut up.
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I'm not familiar with any of those names. Perhaps I'll look some of them up.

Brian.
 
ZedsDead said:
Eh with a proper biopsy to prove high concentrations of silicon carbide and a valid record of product purchases maybe?

If the product has silicon carbide in it it should have a proper SDS with it, silicon carbide is much like asbestos you don't realize it's killing you till it's too late.
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If you have enough money to pay the experts you can almost come up with any diagnosis and some attorneys have made a lot of money doing this.

My prior post was meant to be sarcastic
 
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