| Fire prevention is cheap compared to the cost of | | | | or other flammable solvents. Always put them in a |
| your equipment. | | | | tightly closed container. |
| The best fire prevention is a clean shop and good | | | | Remember to post a couple of no smoking signs |
| wiring. | | | | around the shop to remind friends who stop by not |
| Sawdust flies through the air then settles down in | | | | to smoke in the shop. A hot ash in the saw dust |
| hard to find places that do not get cleaned up and | | | | could mean new equipment and maybe new friends. |
| creates a fire hazard. Your first investment should be | | | | With a nice clean shop, and everything in good |
| a dust collection system connected to your table | | | | working condition, there still is a chance of a potential |
| saw, miter saw, and anything else that creates | | | | fire. To make sure no fire that might get started |
| sawdust. The dust collection system should be | | | | gets out of control you need the right fire |
| grounded with a copper wire running through the | | | | extinguishers on hand. If you do not have fire |
| inside of the plastic tube to your saw. Sawdust | | | | extinguishers, you should invest in them as soon as |
| traveling through the tube causes static electricity, | | | | possible. The best fire extinguishers for a wood shop |
| which can start a fire in the tube. | | | | are ones with a rating of 2A10B-C. |
| Other ways that fires start in wood shops are usually | | | | Depending on the size of you shop, you should have |
| caused by sparks and bad wiring. If the motor on | | | | an extinguisher every 25 feet of walking space. They |
| your table saw shorts out, for example, and throws | | | | should be mounted near doors in your shop. Keep all |
| a few sparks that land in sawdust, you have a fire | | | | the extinguishers charged and up to date. Dead |
| starter. Same is true for bad wiring in the shop. | | | | extinguishers are as good as not having any |
| A hazard that people often overlook is spontaneous | | | | extinguishers at all. |
| combustion caused by rags soaked with turpentine | | | | |