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Old 09-09-2013, 01:50 PM
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Not sure if this is the best place for this question, or the "Basic Tools" forum, but since my question is more related to safety than function, here I am.

I want to know what to fill my shaping bags with. Sand makes silica dust. Lead shot presumably makes lead dust. Mild steel rusts. Stainless steel is really expensive.

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Old 09-09-2013, 02:42 PM
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I've used "chilled steel shot" for years. You can get it at any gun store. It hasn't rusted yet.
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Old 09-09-2013, 03:26 PM
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What size of shot do you use?
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Old 09-09-2013, 06:21 PM
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I've used plain old sand for years. When it starts puffing dust at the bag opening, I dump it in the yard and spend another 3 bucks for more sand.

Everything in my shop is hazardous to my health....
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Old 09-09-2013, 06:51 PM
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Ditto the sand. I use "play sand".

If I'm wrong and it turns out to be really hazardous, billions of folks the world around are in gonna be in trouble along with me: anybody who's ever spent time playing in a sandbox or on a beach.... Or plain living where the wind blows sand, like Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, S. California, etc, etc.

Personally however, I would categorically avoid silica sand for a beater's bag, which is the bright white sand sold for pool filters, investment casting, and ash tray filler. The bags even come with a warning about the dust. When I filled my pool filter, I always wore a mask, it's dusty stuff when dry. And, like the label says, it's primarily silica, the stuff of silicosis. Play sand may have some silica in it, but I gotta think it has granite, limestone, basalt, etc, as well and is not pure silica.
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I've been using #8 lead shot in bags made of Kevlar bus seat material... I don't know if it "puffs" lead dust, but I've never seen any when using the bag, and never seen any residue where the bag gets used.... I guess if the lead or silica dust doesn't get you, it will be the hammer flattening your thumbnail...
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Mix some mineral oil. Also known as baby oil in with your sand bag sand. No more dust. And the bag is tighter.
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