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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
My brother was working in my dads old shop, quit work around 4 am by 10:00 there was flames. Its believed saw dust in the motor?

But fire extinguishers' dont work worth a f. The garden hose did better till the fire men arived with the big hose. Lost most of the tools and blacked the inside of the shop but did not lost the shop. Melted the wireing in the walls. So even when tire clean up and blow out your stuff before you retire for the night.
 
#4 ·
Missed this when it first posted.

Sorry to hear about the fire. My Dad lost all his tools when the school where he had them for use in shop class burned down. This was over fifty years ago but I can still remember how much it hurt him.

Take care.

Herb
 
#6 ·
Sorry to hear about the fire. Hard to believe saw dust in the motor would cause a fire, if there was no current running through it. Unless it started small before he left the shop and just didn't notice. Either way, this sucks. Hope you get it cleaned out quickly and back to it.
 
#7 ·
My biggest fear is wood that gets burned while cutting, like some woods on the table saw. Many times I have had smoke wafting out through the insert plate (cabinet saw) and noticed that the last cut showered hot sawdust onto the stuff trapped in the bottom of the saw. Occasionally the smoke didn't start for many minutes after I cut.
I now make sure the saw cabinet and dust collector are emptied before I do cuts that are known to burn. Peace of mind is a wonderful thing.
 
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