[Woodcarver] toxicity chart...

[Loren Woodard]

Sally:

I have a bunch of power carving equipment.  A lot of it came from a fellow
that did power carving for many years.  He started out not using a dust
collector religiously and now his lungs are ruined to the tune of having to
purge them a couple of times a day with oxygen.  He can no longer power
carve at all, even using dust protection and masks.

At any rate, it is the fine dust that does the damage.  It the dust is
easily visible it probably won't do the damage that the fine dust will do.

Hope all goes well with your new club.

Loren Woodard

My carvings can be seen at http://www.woodcarvers-gallery.com
http://www.carvingmagazine.com  Carving Magazine's web site - Check out the
reader's forum.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sally nye" <sarolyn at accn.org>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] toxicity chart...


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> Hi Loren,
>
> John Griscti picked up on my last post and sent me an article on the
> hazards of wood dust which is different than toxicity.  I really
> appreciate it.
>
> As I said, we are a new carving group.  Began Sept. 03 and have 18
> members now.  We needed to set some guidelines.  Some people think that
>   it's just "fine" dust and not enough to hurt anything.  The finer the
> dust, the more hazardous.  I read two articles from Chip Chats that
> were sent to the Editor: July-August 2003 and Nov-Dec 2003.  Most folks
> don't read the editorial letters but these were warnings.  We all know
> the one about spalted wood that reprints quite often but these letters
> were to the editor.
>
> Anyway, I need to educate our group on health issues and truly
> appreciate this list and the help all of you have offered.  If you have
> further articles on breathing dust or woodburning fumes etc. please let
> me know.
>
> Thanks
> Sally
>
> On Jun 25, 2004, at 10:04 AM, Loren Woodard wrote:
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> Sally:
>
> Probably the biggest reason for no power carving in your free classroom
> is
> dust.  We had a power carving class in the local Vo-Tech school and
> another
> in a church.  We were allowed to have standard carving classes in the
> public
> places but can no longer have power carving classes.  We used dust
> collectors, etc.  However, you just can't control the duct in that type
> of
> setting.  We almost lost our free meeting place because of the dust.
>
> Loren Woodard
>
> My carvings can be seen at http://www.woodcarvers-gallery.com
> http://www.carvingmagazine.com  Carving Magazine's web site - Check out
> the
> reader's forum.
> I think this issue (toxicity) has taken care of itself pretty much.
> Our new little woodcarving club (9 months along) has 18 members now.
> We meet in a school classroom with no charge to us.  The topic has
> arose a few times about allowing power carving in that setting.  I was
> detering it for various reasons...dust, allergic reaction, noise
> pollution, etc.  So I armed myself with valid information and presented
> it to the club for discussion.  I think it has taken care of itself.
> We want to be able to socialize, we do not want to wear masks, we do
> not want to be disrespectful to our most gracious host allowing us to
> meet for "free."  etc, etc.
>
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