Wood Health Hazards
These articles include those which describe potential health hazards associated with working with specific types of wood often used to make turned wood pens. Typically these hazards are limited in nature to potential skin irritation resulting from contact with the dust or shavings, although in some exceptional cases, sensitive persons have had respiratory difficulties when exposed to wood dust from certain species.
I was curious to work with Queenwood, especially since it is so rarely seen in the United States marketplace, but now that I have worked with it I wouldn't …
Jicarillo was hard but not particularly dense or heavy for its size. Jicarillo cut easily on my bandsaw with no burning or slowing. Jicarillo cut very cleanly along the …
Hububali is attractive enough, especially for the price and I think it is a good entry level wood for those experimenting with working with imported exotics since it is …
Myrtle is native to the California and Oregon coastal areas. It is a nice hard wood that turns, sands, and finishes quite beautifully.
I found Mango easy to work with, it cut easily but more importantly is cut very clean leaving little sanding work to be done. I made two 5.5" x …
I did enjoy working with Zebrawood this time more than I did long ago and that I think is mostly due to experience and practice with lots of different …
And the Katalox is STUNNING in its appearance. Both of my bowls showed strong purple and even pink areas. I especially love the way that bowl number 2 has …