Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] routing PVC & fumes

alex0young wrote:

> Read on another forum that when PVC is being machined, it can give
> off toxic fumes. What is the group experience w.r.t. machining
> plastic. Is it a cause for concern?

If you are just making chips or stringers, there should be no
problem. But if you get to the point where the PVC is smoking,
then you are courting a safety hazard unless you have good
ventilation. The basic rule is, generally speaking "If you can
smell it, you should do something to avoid it." Vinyl chloride
is hazardous in the broad sense and contact with its vapors
should be avoided. Polymerized it is somewhat different, but
even so, if it smokes you have to do something. Around my area
we have had one or two fires in plastics recycling plants that
sent a lot of people to the hospital. So, smoke ain't good.

JerryK