Embers in your sawdust???

[Graham Orm]

I was cutting a stopped housing in some beech this morning on the router table. I'd made 3 passes at different depths. Instead of lifting the beech off when I got to my mark, as it was the last pass I switched off the router and waited for it to stop. When routing a housing the sawdust always builds up in the housing. I lifted the piece off and was walking away when a wisp of smoke caught my eye on the router table. I thought it was the router burning out. On investigation it was a very charred bit of dust, as I poked it around in the remaining dust and as it got some air to it, it glowed red. Somewhat worrying!! Especially as I had done it several times before, gathered the dust onto a shovel and tipped it all into the bin. I'm thinking it was when I left the beech in place while the cutter slowed.


Anyone else?

 

[paulrockliffe]

I've not got the extractor setup on my table yet. The only thing I've done with it is mill out a small bowl from a piece of scrap iroko that used to sit where my sink sits in the kitchen worktop. I didn't clear the dust and managed to get a couple of tiny bits smoking.

When I saw it I actually left it to see what would happen. I mean I watched it, but didn't interfere. Both bits went out without setting the whole lot alight, but I'll be adding extraction before I do much more with it!