Greetings:
I had never used makore until I saw some at the lumber yard which looked
quite beautiful - a nice deep red with a fair amount of figure too. In any
case, as soon as I start to work with it - even cross-cutting a one by two -
my nose and lungs immediately notice. If I do any heavy work like jointing,
planing or ripping large pieces, my breathing apparatus protests. I do not
have any alergic problems with any other wood. Is this normal?
Cheers,
Ted
A good many of the exotics have some very nasty side affects.
I bought a truck load of tali for almost nothing. I ripped one
board and had a allergic reaction for almost 72 hrs. Severe etching
and breathing problems. I got several hundred feet of this very
nasty stuff, so I stored it out of doors. The termites will not even
bother it. Makes beautiful outdoor furniture.
Here are a couple of toxic wood lists:
http://www.mimf.com/archives/toxic.htm
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/rec.wood.misc/wood.toxic
Ted Moens wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I had never used makore until I saw some at the lumber yard which looked
> quite beautiful - a nice deep red with a fair amount of figure too. In any
> case, as soon as I start to work with it - even cross-cutting a one by two -
> my nose and lungs immediately notice. If I do any heavy work like jointing,
> planing or ripping large pieces, my breathing apparatus protests. I do not
> have any alergic problems with any other wood. Is this normal?
Thanks for the replies. I have done some more searching on the question and
it seems that it is quite a toxic wood. If I am going to use it, it will be
rare and only with good respiratory protection.
Ted
"Jim Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ted - I've cut a lot of different woods, domestic and exotics.
> A couple of months ago I saw a piece of S2S Makore for little more than
> shipping cost so I thought Id give it a shot. No protection, one pass
> through the jointer and I was out for the rest of the day with nose/throat
> irritation. Take some precautions. I don't want ANY wood that bad - it
> went out to the trash the next day.
>
> jim bailey
>
> "Ted Moens" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:TzHVe.240983$tt5.165854@edtnps90...
>> Greetings:
>>
>> I had never used makore until I saw some at the lumber yard which looked
>> quite beautiful - a nice deep red with a fair amount of figure too. In
> any
>> case, as soon as I start to work with it - even cross-cutting a one by
> two -
>> my nose and lungs immediately notice. If I do any heavy work like
> jointing,
>> planing or ripping large pieces, my breathing apparatus protests. I do
> not
>> have any alergic problems with any other wood. Is this normal?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>>
>
>
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:32:35 GMT, "Ted Moens" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Greetings:
>
>I had never used makore until I saw some at the lumber yard which looked
>quite beautiful - a nice deep red with a fair amount of figure too. In any
>case, as soon as I start to work with it - even cross-cutting a one by two -
>my nose and lungs immediately notice. If I do any heavy work like jointing,
>planing or ripping large pieces, my breathing apparatus protests. I do not
>have any alergic problems with any other wood. Is this normal?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ted
>
I have worked with Makore in Yacht building and have found no one who
does not have some kind of reaction. Dust masks are a must.
Ted - I've cut a lot of different woods, domestic and exotics.
A couple of months ago I saw a piece of S2S Makore for little more than
shipping cost so I thought Id give it a shot. No protection, one pass
through the jointer and I was out for the rest of the day with nose/throat
irritation. Take some precautions. I don't want ANY wood that bad - it
went out to the trash the next day.
jim bailey
"Ted Moens" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:TzHVe.240983$tt5.165854@edtnps90...
> Greetings:
>
> I had never used makore until I saw some at the lumber yard which looked
> quite beautiful - a nice deep red with a fair amount of figure too. In
any
> case, as soon as I start to work with it - even cross-cutting a one by
two -
> my nose and lungs immediately notice. If I do any heavy work like
jointing,
> planing or ripping large pieces, my breathing apparatus protests. I do
not
> have any alergic problems with any other wood. Is this normal?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ted
>
>