[Steppes] Wood?

[letebts@earthlink.net]

Years ago, in another life, I renewed an acquaintance with a New Mexico
friend who had returned to being a policeman "for his health." Said the
ebony he was working on (custom carved mundane furniture) was of the
untreated kind and had gotten into his lungs and implanted a fungus (?)
there that would take his life within six months if he didn't quit working
woods.

He was a talented carver to the point that one commission was new furniture
for the NM Governor's mansion. Sad to lose that kind of talent to bad wood.

Moral to the story: protect yourself every way you can if working with
woods, especially exotic ones. I'd like to keep all SCA carvers healthy!

YIS,
Lete Bithespring
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on 2/22/03 11:42 AM, Vicki Marsh at XaraXene at attbi.com wrote:
>
> Isn't purpleheart the one that you have to be very careful of?  I seem to
> remember that the sawdust can be toxic and the you have to use specials
> techniques to deal with it, such as a surgical mask and a sawdust collector
> on your tools (a vacuum of some sort).  A long time ago, I had a discussion
> with Master Iolo about working with some of these woods.
>
> Just want you to be careful - check with the experts on the handling of
> these.
>
> Xene
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of David Ruff
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:21 PM
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> Subject: [Steppes] Wood?