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10th May 2005, 10:27 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Losing Skin
I was turning a junk piece of timber the other day to make a base for a crystal decanter to sit in. The timber had a few major cracks in it and it had started to rot.
I was using an overhand grip on the roughing gouge and ended up geting a very fine greyish-brown powder on the palm of my hand that was a bugger to get off.
The following day the skin on my palm looked like I had laid a couple of thousand bricks.
There was no discomfort or itching, just the skin coming off. There's nothing particularly special about the wood. It was found at one of the log dumps near Port.
Anyone else had this sort of thing happen?
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10th May 2005, 02:14 PM #2
My son in law was cutting some timber a few years ago and was blinded for a few months by some chemical in the sawdust.
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10th May 2005, 05:35 PM #3
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10th May 2005, 05:42 PM #4
Dunno but he's very happy to have his sight return to normal.
Guess who ALWAYS wears goggles now when he's sanding or woodworking.
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10th May 2005, 05:49 PM #5
Badwood
I'm assuming people are still aware of www.ubeaut.com.au/badwood.htm? Might provide some clues.
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10th May 2005, 07:09 PM #6Registered
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Originally Posted by adrian
Al
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10th May 2005, 08:53 PM #7it had started to rot.
Need to be extra carefull with fungus stained wood, especially breathing the dust. You dont want the top layer of your lungs peeling of :eek:
Ian
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10th May 2005, 10:11 PM #8
Mate of mine is an arborist. Tells me there's a tree they call "tar wood" (don't know the latin name). The sap burns the skin and causes it to peel off :eek: I'm sure there's plenty of nasties out there.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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10th May 2005, 11:40 PM #9Originally Posted by adrian
Obviously gloves are the go as is some sort of eye/airway protection, I find the triton respirator very good.You can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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11th May 2005, 12:01 AM #10
Skip the GP, he's gunna tell ya the same thing, avoid it or use protection.
Cliff.
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12th May 2005, 04:31 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Originally Posted by ozwinner
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12th May 2005, 05:15 PM #12Hewer of wood
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Wood could've been treated with a preservative or somesuch. There were a lot of ratsh*t chemicals used in the past.
Cheers, Ern
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12th May 2005, 06:26 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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The dust came from a grey area of the blank that looked like it was starting to rot.
And I've cleaned up enough baby vomit to say that the wood had more than a passing similarity to it's smell. It was in a log dump so I'd say that it wasn't brought in so an exotic or any chemical treatment can be discounted.
I haven't touched it for a couple of days but when I looked this morning it just looks like an old piece of blackbutt which I think, along with what they call red mahogany, is the most common type of timber harvested here.
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12th May 2005, 06:30 PM #14Hewer of wood
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Originally Posted by Cliff RogersCheers, Ern
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13th May 2005, 06:04 PM #15
Cliff, I don't see how wearing a condom will help whilst turning.
Cheers
Barry