I know those who have been fabricating scales and using G10 know the drill but if any of you are just starting I have a word of caution. Yesterday I was tracing then cutting out the trace of a set of Ghost Jade G10 scales. I as indicated from knowledgeable folks who have done these in the past used a paper styled mouth/nose filter to wear while cutting as well as I used a pair of safety glasses and even on top of that a full face helmet to protect the eyes. I even hooked up the vac to the rear of the saw to draw as much air borne particulates I could.
Now when I finished and maybe 30 minutes later I noticed my eyelids were burning a bit as if I had been contaminated. Reminded me of when one puts up fiberglass insulation and you get the air borne particulates on your face and it burns slightly. So I can only reason with all the safety measures the particulates still somehow were able to get to my eyes or eyelids. I say this to let you know I had double the eye protection but to no avail was still affected. So I am going to now use a full face respirator with dual particulate filters when I cut G10 from this day forward.
Just wanted to warn anyone that has never worked with this stuff or even if you have with the precautions I took I was still affected slightly. The full face respirator will certainly keep this from happening next when I sand them down and polish them up.
Be safe folks!