Talk:Sawdust

Some engineers such as Diesel engine can combust sawdust directly (or mixed with fuel) and power your machines, though the ash - which makes a good fertilizer if scattered thinly over a forest from an airplane to replenish the trace-minerals, but dumped into high concentration local pits - can cause an even worse environmental issue. Sillybilly 19:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Hydroponic Use of Sawdust

Canada has used its cheap supply of sawdust as a medium for hydroponic industry to rasie strawberries and tomatoes. Warning: for logs that have been transported in ocean water, the salt needs to be leached out to make the sawdust useable. Note: red cedar cannot be used as it is toxic to plants.

Sawdust is one of several media that is used in column culture, where the medium is placed in a column that has openings space along the sides where crops like strawberries and tomatoes can grow. Nutrient fluid is driped or pumped from the top, and collected at the bottom for reuse. Occasional adjustments on the nutrient fluid must be made. 71.114.182.236 (talk) 02:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

no helpful info —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.112.68 (talk) 21:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Book: Saw-Dust by Leonard Sargent

Saw-Dust by Leonard Sargent was so named because a many of the true tales involve lumberjacks and the impact of timber operation at the turn of the twentieth century. Sawdust is the by-product of cutting timber. Sawdust was used to absorb grease, to clean locomotive engines, to soak up spills on saloon floors and as compost.

This book follows the Sargent family from Vermont in 1860 as they move to Wisconsin. Life was different before there were highways, radio or television, but certain elements of business, economics, politics, religion and education remain the same. Along the way, the family improves its situation by moving from general labor to lumberjacks, to owning farms, to running saloons and operating hotel owners. They also become intertwined with the local lumber baron, W. D. Connor who was the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. Sawdust1885 (talk) 21:33, 31 December 2008 (UTC) <Saw-Dust by Leonard Sargent>

Filler

Add glue and you've got woodfiller. Often used.

Also wood particle and plastic composite materials are becoming more popular. 82.31.207.100 (talk) 01:41, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

YEAH I DID THIS WITH MY DAD ONCE LOL IM VEGETA254 22:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Merge in from Wood dust

On 30 April 2012, Dennisthe2 suggested merging in the Wood dust article. Pro: The wood dust article is short and apt not to grow much and is closely related. Con: Wood dust is produced more from sanding than from saws. If merged would this article need a more generic title, like wood particles? --Bejnar (talk) 14:22, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

In response to the "not to grow much" claim, check this out. Remember, the article as it stands is just a mini-stub. It is a very notable topic in its own right though.--Coin945 (talk) 14:41, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Excerpt of a couple of the links:

• Wood dust becomes a potential health problem when wood particles from processes such as sanding and cutting become airborne. Breathing these particles may cause allergic respiratory symptoms, mucosal and non-allergic respiratory symptoms, and cancer. The extent of these hazards and the associated wood types have not been clearly established
• Both hardwood and softwood dusts have a Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL) of 5mg/m3 which must not be exceeded. These are limits placed on the amount of dust in the air, averaged over an eight-hour working day. However, you must reduce exposure to wood dust to as low as ‘reasonably practicable’.
• Wood dust on the floor can cause tripping or slipping. Vision can be impaired be airborne dust generated during wood processing. Wood dust is classified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a hazardous chemical and is subject to the Hazard Communication Standard.
• Wood dust linked to at least five mill explosions in B.C.
• Wood dust is known to be a human carcinogen, based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in humans. It has been demonstrated through human epidemiologic studies that exposure to wood dust increases the occurrence of cancer of the nose (nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses). An association of wood dust exposure and cancers of the nose has been observed in numerous case reports, cohort studies, and casecontrol studies specifically addressing nasal cancer.
• Tropical woods boast great beauty and durability, but they can be some of the worst offenders. Not only are they very dense meaning more fine dust is produced with cutting and drilling them, but their natural insect and weather resistance is because of chemicals in the tree during growth.
• Wood dust is dangerous to health and inflammable--Coin945 (talk) 14:41, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Yup, not grow much. --Bejnar (talk) 13:31, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Ummmm... can I ask why you feel that way?--Coin945 (talk) 15:46, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Because you have said most of it right there. Even combining in material from the "Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program" OSHA Directive CPL 03-00-008, (March 11, 2008) and "Hazard Communication Guidance for Combustible Dusts", OSHA 3371-08 2009, doesn't make much more than a screen full. All of that can be done within a combined article, with the details of combustibility handled in the Combustibility#Combustible dust and Dust explosion articles. --Bejnar (talk) 18:06, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

These two topocs are quite unique and different. Sawdust ("a by-product of cutting lumber with a saw") just happenes to be the same as wood dust (fine pieces of wood). Also, why would you rather have the information for one topic spread out across the Wikiverse? It seems rediculous and useless. Even if it did end up in repeating material, what's the harm in that? Sooo many Wikipedia topics overlap, and you'll find duplicaiton of informaiton everywhere you go. What makes this case so different?--Coin945 (talk) 01:04, 8 May 2012 (UTC)