tomnewby 26th April 2009, 07:21 PM Hi
I just got given some hardwood treated sleepers.
My gut feel is that once wood is treated for outdoor use, it is no longer able to be used for woodworking. Is this correct??
Regards
Tom
weisyboy 26th April 2009, 07:29 PM use it.
if u dont like teh treatment cut the outside 5mm off and then u have untreated wood.:2tsup:
dont use it in the garden unless u wanna replace it in 2 or 3 years time.
funkychicken 26th April 2009, 07:42 PM Unless you want to trim the treatment off and get CCA all through your workshop, use them outdoors
weisyboy 26th April 2009, 07:52 PM cca is harmless!
if u cut it off in one go u are oly cutting 10mm of cca with 2 of the cuts and teh rest is cca free.
funkychicken 27th April 2009, 08:02 PM Don't listen to Carl "Captain Safe" Weiss:D
weisyboy 27th April 2009, 08:07 PM dont belive me.
http://www.csiro.au/resources/CCATreatedTimber--ci_pageNo-1.html
cca is safe unless u go swiming in teh raw liquid.
funkychicken 27th April 2009, 09:23 PM "As a precaution, the hands and face should be washed before eating or smoking and food and drink should never be left where sawdust can settle.
A dust mask should be worn when sawing, machining or sanding and cuts and abrasions should be protected from sawdust. Goggles should be worn when sanding and during sawing or machining if there is any risk to the eyes from flying particles. If possible, sanding should be performed in a well-ventilated area. Overalls and gloves are recommended in very dusty situations."
Realistically you're just wasting a heap of timber that probably won't be any good for woodwork anyway. Sleeper grade is another way of saying "Not good enough to sell as anything else"
weisyboy 27th April 2009, 09:47 PM [QUOTE=funkychicken;944776]As a precaution, the hands and face should be washed before eating or smoking and food and drink should never be left where sawdust can settle.
A dust mask should be worn when sawing, machining or sanding and cuts and abrasions should be protected from sawdust. Goggles should be worn when sanding and during sawing or machining if there is any risk to the eyes from flying particles. If possible, sanding should be performed in a well-ventilated area. Overalls and gloves are recommended in very dusty situations."QUOTE]
and what dose workplace health and saftey say about working with any timber. it would be about word for word.
but im not here to debate cca.
you can get good timber outof sleepers it ya want to
tomnewby 27th April 2009, 09:53 PM Well I didnt expect this level of debate! :D
It could be a moot point as I dont really have anything to use to re-saw it into useable widths... and I had planned on making a compost bin. I could probably use it along with some corrugated iron to rig something up.
So I'll have to leave the CCA debate where is... but thanks for the feedback.
Cheers
Tom
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