Wood Toxicity Table

alscalls · February 28, 2010, 03:51:43 PM

Quote from: HaMeR on February 28, 2010, 11:06:13 AM
I got it to print but you'll need a magnifying glass to read it. Want me to send it?? Or just talk to your Dr & email him the link & tell him which woods you worked with on the list.

E-mail it to me Glen...... alscalls@yahoo.com That would be better than nothing.

HaMeR · February 28, 2010, 05:24:16 PM

Email what I printed?

Or email you that link?

I'm kinda lost on this one Al.

John_NY · February 28, 2010, 05:42:54 PM

I E-mailed you a list in .txt format Al.

John

HaMeR · February 28, 2010, 07:29:11 PM

Thanks John. I wasn't sure what Al wanted.

alscalls · February 28, 2010, 08:37:54 PM

Thanks...

FinsnFur · March 02, 2010, 09:55:47 PM

If someone reminds me, I can convert that to a pdf file and make it printable or saveable, and post it. By the way does anyone know if it's copyrighted?
But I wont be able to get to it until this weekend.

alscalls · March 02, 2010, 10:11:08 PM

That would be awesome Jim.......cause I am still having trouble with it.
I aint stealing it I am trying to show my doctor......I dont know how to tell if its copyrighted or not.....

Todd Rahm · March 02, 2010, 10:53:45 PM

Al, you'll know your blowing toxic wood when your lips swell up like Angeline Jolie's.

alscalls · March 02, 2010, 10:57:24 PM

I truly think the exotics screwed up my heart........and staying away from it makes it much better..........I aint even taking the meds. now.....

Todd Rahm · March 02, 2010, 11:23:34 PM

Was ya turning a particualar exotic wood at the time?

alscalls · March 03, 2010, 05:30:30 AM

Several...........Bocote, yew, cocobolo, Grapevine, apple, pear, blackwood, and I been cutting up all kinds of left over wood in the shop preparing for turning..... mostly drilling and preparing bands.
Some were mixed bag woods from wood craft so I really dont know for sure what they were.

vvarmitr · March 03, 2010, 07:03:25 AM

Quote from: FinsnFur on March 02, 2010, 09:55:47 PM
If someone reminds me, I can convert that to a pdf file and make it printable or saveable, and post it. By the way does anyone know if it's copyrighted?
But I wont be able to get to it until this weekend.

Pleeeeeeeeeease,plet,plet,plet,plet,plet,pleeeeeeeease! Pretty please!

slagmaker · March 03, 2010, 08:39:49 AM

YEW!!!!! that is one nasty wood!! Yeah if you were working Yew I could belive you developed problems.

I think If Jim could, it would be a real nice jesture to have that sticky/posted here on the site. If you got the wood from wood craft they may be able to supply you with something like a MSDF for any wood you are working.

HuntnCarve · March 03, 2010, 02:11:14 PM

Most folks know my Wood Tech background. That being said, I've seen some terrible reactions to various woods throughout the Wood Products industry. This is serious stuff that folks should be aware of! I once did some testing on some wood from Cameroon Africa in the lab. A woman working there, handled a few pieces in passing...Long story short, it made her deathly ill! To me, it only produced hay fever like symtoms, which I shrugged off? Was I whistling past the graveyard?? There are oils, and chemical toxins, and decay mechanisms in alot of woods. Ingested, they pose a serious health threat! Heed the warnings if you are experiencing a reaction.
I've mentioned this story before, about overhearing a conversation at Cabelas, between a customer and a Duck call counter salesperson. The customer was saying how a friend was in the legal process of suing a call maker for a reaction he had to a Cocobola call! Unfreaken real! But that's the nature of the beast. I love the looks of Cocobola, but have sworn off using it for that very reason. Just my two cents worth...

Dave

HaMeR · March 03, 2010, 03:58:30 PM

That wood toxicity table should be printed out & hung on your shop wall. Right next to the respirator. I just use dust masks but then again I don't mess with a lot of the bad woods. I even quit using coco & purdy much all Walnut. I will only make walnut pens & I wear a mask for those.

slagmaker · March 03, 2010, 05:12:43 PM

Have ya ever seen the after effects of a mahogany splinter? It aint perty. No, not at all. I worked in a furnature mmanufacturing facility right out of high school and learned first hand that mahogany is a nasty wood.

Cocobola is pretty and I have one call made from it. glad it is an open reed call.

alscalls · March 03, 2010, 07:08:49 PM

I have used walnut for many many years....I have not had any trouble that I know of.....One thing I have changed is my shop is very enclosed now and I may look into a dust collector.....when its warm out I will go outside and do a lot of my work Like I do with antler calls. My small lathe is portable and I like turning outside anyway.
Went shopping for a respirator today .......

Lots to choose from .......

John_NY · March 03, 2010, 07:40:27 PM

I had to quit turning walnut until I got my respirator. That stuff was killer on me.

JOhn

Jimmie in Ky · March 04, 2010, 12:09:53 AM

Interesting post you should read Al . I just found it over at another board where I lurk

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/33322/t/Are-there-any-bowyers-that-suffer-from-yew-poisining.html

Check the symptoms list against your own . ia think this may be your trouble. Jimmie

vvarmitr · March 04, 2010, 08:31:11 AM

Eew yew!

I think I'd stick* w/ Hedgeapple for self-bows!

* no pun intended

Quote from: HaMeR on March 03, 2010, 03:58:30 PM
That wood toxicity table should be printed out & hung on your shop wall.

That's what I was thinking.

Now if we can get Jimbo's butt in gear.