incense cedar for turning?

[wa2crk]

Bet he used "Nevr Dull":D
Can is in the upper left corner.
Bill V

["Wild Bad Bob"]

Sure looks lie that after you filled in the missing letters!!!

[rlkeeney]

Almost all plant life produce toxins. There are a few that don't because they depend animals that eat there fruit and scatter the seeds. Your resistance to these toxins determines what you can eat touch or breathe. There are beans that will kill you or make you very sick if you don't prepare them correctly. I grow some of these in my garden because humming birds and bees love the flowers. I don't eat them.

Wood is no different. I would treat any wood I had never had contact with as toxic to me until my own experience showed me that I was able to tolerate it.

Then there is the dust. Breathing dust off of anything isn't good. Turning the wood into dust increases the surface area that contacts your skin or lungs and greatly increases the effect. Touching the wood might have no effect. Planing the wood with a hand plane might not be a problem. Sanding on the other hand could cause you all sorts of problems.

[wa2crk]

RLKeeney
You got that right!!! Someone gave me a piece of camphor wood that I have been turning and now my garage smells like Vicks Vapo Rub. At least I can breath easier when I finish up for the day.
Bill V

[fitzhugh]

I got carried away and started by filing off the casting seams where possible, then used wet/dry: 320, 400, 600,
1200 and 2000. I didn't always use all but I finished with 2000 each time or it wouldn't polish up well. I'm sure there is a better way but it was oddly gratifying. I brought the two shopsmiths home and saw how these two rusty machines took up so much of my tiny shop and kicked myself, so seeing them come back from that state is extra rewarding.

For polish I used the never dull, some blue magic polish, and another that was recommend here that I can't name since the bottle is hiding. No real logic to which I used when other than some pieces were easier to polish with one than another since nevr-dull is impregnated cotton and the others are cream and paste. I kept getting new ones to try because I didn't know anything about polishing so they didn't seem to work. Once I did the wrt dry it clicked.


Rlkeeney,
Thanks for adding that. I am making the transition from planes and scrapers, where I use very little SSA sandpaper, to having power tools and therefore sawdust. I hadn't thought about the need to really rethink my attitude. I know sawdust is toxic but haven't been capable of making all that much at one time.

[cooch366]

a trained observer... takes one to know one

Bet he used "Nevr Dull":D
Can is in the upper left corner.
Bill V

[JPG]

[quote="cooch366"]a trained observer... takes one to know one ]

Knowing how to spell it helps also!










From an 'untrained' observer!:D

[bffulgham]

Rediscovered this site this morning.

[moose]

Great site Bud. I really appreciate you posting this.