Improvised Gas Mask

Step 18 Mishaps and Improvements

I used the disk sander while my gasmask was lying nearby on the table. I should have been wearing it. When I remembered and put it on, I inhaled sawdust that had blown into the mouthpiece. It was pretty unpleasant.

One problem with mouth-breathing is that when dirt or dust gets into the mouthpiece, you huff that right into your lungs. Put a bag over the mouthpiece when you're not using it.

Later I thought it had happened again. Actually the wadding had shifted from banging the can around. I'd inhaled charcoal dust into my lungs. That's probably really good for you, but it's no fun. Much coughing. So I took the filter apart and wrapped the charcoal up just like in the 1942 instructions.

Comments

[macgyverkid]

One of those flexable, noisemaker things. Those things that make a  whistling noise when you spin it. Hook that to the snorkel and the can so you can wear it on your belt. 
P.S. I think I spelled snorkal wrong.

[momento mori]

OOOORRRR, the apocalypse. dreadful, but true. c:

[computer_guy]

Good to know, thanks for letting us all know your suffering so we dont have to suffer. Seriously, I'm not joking, anyway, TY so much for the instructable! Helped me so much. @ home bad smells, @ school when there is a fire out side :(, When a fire breaks out, O.o