[Steppes] Wood?

[David Ruff]

:)

Thank you for the advice, will heed it well. Got to
carve out my first wood project today. Had a ball. :)



Ulrich


--- "letebts at earthlink.net" <letebts at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> 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
> .....................................
> 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-----
> > From: steppes-admin at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:steppes-admin at ansteorra.org]On
> > Behalf Of David Ruff
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:21 PM
> > To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> > Subject: [Steppes] Wood?
>
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