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   WoodRivWW | Feb 18, 2008 05:34am | #1

   I don't actually monitor my air quality other than to run my Jet air filter and/or wear a mask when I'm really kicking up a lot of dust with my power tools or sanding.

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   QCInspector | Feb 18, 2008 10:05am | #2

   http://www.dylosproducts.com/index.html

   Found out about this one last month and got in on the group order that a member on another forum put together (little interest was shown when he posted about it here). Still waiting for mine since they are being made to order and when it comes it I'll let you know how useful it is if you're interested.

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   Carya | Feb 19, 2008 11:38pm | #4

   I would be very interested in the results. I followed the link and did a search which pulled up the discussions on other boards of group purchases. I cannot call the number (doesn't work from Canada). Sent an email to them. thanks,
   Andy

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   PeterDurand | Feb 20, 2008 12:58am | #5

   I got one a while ago and did not have to wait. 

   Better life through Zoodles and poutine...

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   QCInspector | Feb 20, 2008 12:06pm | #6

   My wait is due to being a part of an order of almost a hundred people with 4 different variations. I picked the one that reads .5 & 2.5 micron with a data port, so it isn't off the shelf so to speak.

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   PeterDurand | Feb 20, 2008 05:56pm | #7

   Ah...Let me know how you like their data port. I bought one with that feature and yet have to look at the data. Afraid at what I might see I guess. My one complaint is the connection. In this day and age, they do not use a USB output. Its an old fashioned comm port. Now I have to go and find a com to USB cable. Getting it to communicate looks a bit archaic too. I am keeping my fingers crossed because I am not a knowledgeable person when it comes to computers.Cheers,Peter 

   Better life through Zoodles and poutine...

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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 20, 2008 06:43pm | #8

   Peter,

   Not sure what your computer is but I haven't seen a PC without a COM port.  You may need a RS-232C adapter, i.e. gender bender, but that should be all you  might need.

   Ther terminal provided with Windows should be able to talk to it unless there is a protocol involved.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   saschafer | Feb 20, 2008 07:34pm | #9

   Newer laptops frequently don't have COM ports.

   -Steve

    

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   Jfrostjr | Feb 18, 2008 04:51pm | #3

   This post reminds me of a bit of my past. In the 70s I ran several surface coal mines in Western KY. MSHA was concerned about particulate matter ingested by the equipment operators. (Loaders and dozers, etc.)

   They were required to wear, fastened by a humongous safety pin, a battery powered pump that 'spun' air though and toward a filter. The results always failed. So we started to keep the darn things in the office closet for the required number of hours. They still failed - too much particulate matter!

   I guess the standard was too tough.

   Frosty

   "I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922