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.
Along with Iroko, Afromosia is sometimes sold as African Teak. While not at all closely related to the true Teak, Afromosia does have excellent weathering resistance in outdoor …
I enjoyed working with the Red Mallee burl. While it was a quite small sample, it cut cleanly with no breakage although, as is common in burl woods, …
I didn’t find Red Oak to be an ideal turning wood and that is reflected in the fact that retailers specializing in turning wood tend to not stock Red, …
just have to say at the outset, if you don’t like EXTREMELY porous wood, don’t bother picking up any Ebiara. I seriously think you could see these pores …
The Cedar of Lebanon blank had warped slightly during drying so I had my Dad run it through the joiner and the planer to provide flat and parallel surfaces …
I cut the block to round on the bandsaw without incident and proceeded to mount it on a faceplate for turning. It was quickly evident that the wood …
I enjoyed working with Bradford Pear and would gladly work with it again if the opportunity presented itself. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, or ornamental Bradford …