I find it interesting how views differ between two countries. In Oz the discussion is not about chip collection at all in fact it is just about ignored, the discussion is the fine dust, get that and the bigger debris gets collected and as a part of the fine dust collection process. There is also a growing awareness of not what to do. For instance never have a bag collector situated so it returns air to the work area or near an air entry to the work area such as a doorway or window, ditch all filters and exhaust to atmosphere etc. The last is I know impossible to achieve in cold climates but we are blessed here with a mild climate and about two square miles of snowfields.
As for the question does the dust affect you and is it worth the trouble to be almost phobic about it I had a conversation last week with someone who cannot go back into his workshop until he gets his new cyclone working which is a pretty sad commentary on the fact that the awareness of the problem is still fairly low amongst the WW community. Very few WW's participate in fora such as these and on the whole are still not aware of the major health issues that await them as they get older.
As far as I am concerned and I have said it before, as individuals we make choices in this life and we have to live with them.
As an aside some may be aware that I was the CV distributor in Oz but I am no longer and my comments are entirely my own views with no connection to CV.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening