BadBob Posted October 22, 2025 Report Posted October 22, 2025 (edited) I am working on a large project with many small pieces cut from black limba. From the beginning, I noticed that the sawdust was not blowing off the table as it usually does. It wasn't causing me a problem, so I let it go. After cutting approximately 280 pieces over fourteen hours over three days, this is how it looked. The pile is about 1 inch deep. I have never had this happen before. I have never cut black limba before. It's not a problem. I thought it was interesting. Edited October 23, 2025 by BadBob MarieC, jerry walters, TAIrving and 3 others 1 5 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted October 22, 2025 Report Posted October 22, 2025 No photo here! Has it happened with other harder woods? OCtoolguy 1 Quote
BadBob Posted October 23, 2025 Author Report Posted October 23, 2025 20 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: No photo here! Has it happened with other harder woods? I don't know what happened to the photo. Either the upload failed, and I didn't notice, or my 2-year-old granddaughter distracted me. No, it has never happened with other hardwoods or softwoods. There was very little airborne dust, and it tended to clump together. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted October 23, 2025 Report Posted October 23, 2025 Happen to me when cutting some sort of exotic wood but I don't remember what it was now as that was years ago. I also had this with I think it was Cherry or Spalted Maple.. It was like the wood was very wet.. in fact so wet that there was moisture bubbling up right ahead of the blade.. it's like the sawdust was too heavy to blow around in the air and the blower only moves it a short distance.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Scrappile Posted October 23, 2025 Report Posted October 23, 2025 I have not seen that before either. Bottle up some of that fine sawdust and keep it to mix for repair work on some other project. I collect little bottles of different sawdust just for that purpose. OCtoolguy and MarieC 2 Quote
MarieC Posted October 24, 2025 Report Posted October 24, 2025 Wow, that is sure some fine sawdust. I totally agree with Paul....bottle it up! OCtoolguy 1 Quote
BadBob Posted October 24, 2025 Author Report Posted October 24, 2025 21 hours ago, Scrappile said: I have not seen that before either. Bottle up some of that fine sawdust and keep it to mix for repair work on some other project. I collect little bottles of different sawdust just for that purpose. That is a great idea. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
OCtoolguy Posted October 24, 2025 Report Posted October 24, 2025 (edited) Deleted. The pic showed up. Edited October 24, 2025 by OCtoolguy Quote
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