http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/01/30/link-of-the-week-52/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=link-of-the-week-52 part of the Wood Talk Online community Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/01/30/link-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Turnpike Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:06:16 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=445#comment-1877 Useful list there Tom.. many thanks Useful list there Tom.. many thanks

]]> http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/01/30/link-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Tom Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:50:04 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=445#comment-1843 WOW! That's a heck of a story, Robert. Needless to say, it pays to be careful when working with exotic woods... WOW! That’s a heck of a story, Robert. Needless to say, it pays to be careful when working with exotic woods…

]]> http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/01/30/link-of-the-week-52/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 BobbyO Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:04:08 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=445#comment-1841 About 20 years ago, I worked for a company that makes fiber-optic cables. We imported manufacturing machinery from South America, which came packaged in crates of some kind of beautiful hardwood. (This was well before I got into woodworking, so to this day I have no idea what it was.) One of the other engineers was an avid woodworker, and he carefully disassembled the crates and took the planks home. He came in after a long weekend looking like he had bathed in poison ivy juice; he was covered with blisters head-to-toe. He explained that he had put several of the boards through his planer and jointer in preparation for building some furniture, but he stopped very quickly because his arms started to itch. Luckily for him, he routinely wore goggles and a respirator during planing operations, so nothing got into his eyes or lungs. Had he inhaled the dust, it might very well have been fatal. About 20 years ago, I worked for a company that makes fiber-optic cables. We imported manufacturing machinery from South America, which came packaged in crates of some kind of beautiful hardwood. (This was well before I got into woodworking, so to this day I have no idea what it was.) One of the other engineers was an avid woodworker, and he carefully disassembled the crates and took the planks home. He came in after a long weekend looking like he had bathed in poison ivy juice; he was covered with blisters head-to-toe. He explained that he had put several of the boards through his planer and jointer in preparation for building some furniture, but he stopped very quickly because his arms started to itch. Luckily for him, he routinely wore goggles and a respirator during planing operations, so nothing got into his eyes or lungs. Had he inhaled the dust, it might very well have been fatal.

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