On Tuesday 24 May 2016 17:19:42 Bruce Layne wrote: And I put back on the list;
> On 05/24/2016 05:04 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Walnut is pretty, but its the single most toxic wood dust about. > > I love the look and feel of walnut, but the dust is very > aggravating. Much more so than other North American hardwoods I've > used. However, the dust from some South American hardwoods can KILL > YOU, as in DEAD! And some Australian woods are even worse. It seems > that a lot of stuff in Australia can kill you. Most wood dusts are > irritants, some are allergens of varying degrees, some are > carcinogenic and some are directly toxic. > > http://www.tedswoodworking.com/toxic-wood.htm > > > http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-allergies-and-toxicity Please turn off the html Bruce. And I forgot the international nature of this list, so there may well be more toxic woods about, just not local to me. One I had some reservations about was butternut, which I bought half a van load from Ray Henry the last time I visited his shop, several years ago now. I made door and drawer face inserts out of it for all the original kitchen cabinets that came with the lady and house when I married her going on 27 years ago. Quite a bit of sanding to thickness, getting rid of the bandsaw marks as I cut it out, bookmatching opposing doors if I could, using a vacuum on the rear of a $19 5" RO sander to collect most of the dust. Kept me out of the bars for at least 2 months, but at no time did the butternut dust bother me, and its a 1st cousin to walnut but only half as dense at about 22 lbs per cubic foot. Distinctive grain, 6 wiped on coats of Sam's Stuff and its rather impressive. As its fairly soft, several coats filling the pores also hardens the surface against the occasional ding of a passing dish or pan. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
