Asbestosis

[XS1100 0]

I was bord so I dug a few old bike mags out from 1955 and came across this artical about cutting asbestos
I quote:
Cutting Asbestos sheet can be easly cut with a simple tool which takes only a few minutes to make.The point of a 3 1/2" wood screw should be ground to a chisel shape and screwed though a block of wood!
Any way I want quote any more cus its stupid and you could DIE funny thing is the guy who posted it to the mag was a
Mr M Pratt.......nuf said
My old man snuffed it becouses of asbestosis.

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

I cut sheets up with a still saw when i was younger

[XS1100 0]

Its Dodgy,Dave, Honest my old man lagged pipes with it in the 50s old boiler houses,Did me favor suppose.

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

and how many times have i took the drum brakes of a bike/car and blew the dust out

[Grumpyowl 0]

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

I cut sheets up with a still saw when i was younger

yep ripped that of pipes as well

[XS1100 0]

Hey in the oldern days I blow out brake drums for years, the work shop was full of brake dust,and Ive quite smoking 20 ferodos please mate tar!

[Nobby 0]

I worked at Ferodo the brake manufacturer for a year. they had 60,000 claims in for Asbestosis. So they decided to change the name to Federal Mogul and go into chapter 11 to get out of paying any claims.

Some of the lads who worked there used to make "snow balls" out of the stuff and throw it at each other.

The thing is, The Government knew about the risks of Asbestosis for at least 18 years before they banned its use. in that time they estimate around 14 million people worldwide have become infected with Asbestosis Mesothelioma

I suppose I was lucky, I worked there after the asbestos ban. But the stuff they manufacture the brakes with now, is just as bad. As soon as I found out what they were using I left.

[RichardH 0]

I think anyone who's 45+ would have come into unrestricted contact with Asbestos, it's just the ignorance of the times.

[trebor4460 0]

dodgy stuff, ticking timebomb for quite a few who worked with it in the past,

[XS1100 0]

Makes me think why don't I go up the shop and get 20

[lee1 1]

when I first started in the motor trade,20 years ago we always use to blow brake dust out of drums on services

[XS1100 0]

I've an idea may be we should all just sit in home with our Hi vis jackets hold yer breath and do sod all! that way we would be safe and sound. yo ho ho

[jezza 0]

used to remove this stuff years ago when i worked for a roofing company, had a big contract removing asbestos roofs from mod buildings , it was suprising how many different ways asbestos was used in the past.

[rocker1 0]

Hi

A friend has a asbestos removal buisness and he tells me the next thing that will require specialist removal is glass insulation.

It brakes down into shorter strands and dust with age and will not "wet" like asbestos.