Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.

"warbler" wrote in message
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Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.


Dark woods produce dust that is quite visible. Walnut covers my shop with
dark brown. Ipe covers my shop with yellowy green. And yes Bloodwood and
Paduk make my shop red. Oddly after working with Ipe and using CMT Formula
2050 to clean my blades or bits the yellowy green dust turns in to a real
blood color. I though I was bleeding badly the first time I cleaned up
after using Ipe.
Wait until you cut into some Ebony.

To control dust I cut and sand with the work between me and the open garage
door and with a fan at my back.

warbler wrote:

Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for
a project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop
looks like it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My
clothes suggest I was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs
look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just
was curious of other people's experiences.

*Very* limited experience. It polishes to a glossy finish. Boiled
linseed oil works well.

As you said, it's beautiful wood.

In article .com, "warbler" wrote:
Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.

I've done a few small turnings in bloodwood (pens, pencils, Christmas tree
ornaments). I really enjoy working with it. It cuts like a dream on the lathe,
and polishes up very nicely.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

warbler wrote:
Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.

I've seen a few WoodWright Shoppe episodes where ROy starts off
with oak but is working with bloodwood before the show ends...

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FF

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
m...
In article .com,
"warbler" wrote:
Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.

I've done a few small turnings in bloodwood (pens, pencils, Christmas tree
ornaments). I really enjoy working with it. It cuts like a dream on the
lathe,
and polishes up very nicely.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

and i've found it to smell wonderful when worked.

I have made a butler s table out of it and is the finest I have ever
worked with, However you need a mask to cover mouth and nose. Very bad
on lungs. Clean up after every finished cutting. Not tomorrow but today.
This stuff (dust ) will be everywhere. The biggest mess was turning the
post. It was 18"X3 1/2" Now this will get you covered. Other than the
mess it makes it is gorges wood

bloodwood is one of the worst fine sawdust producers out there. the
dust is very hard to filter out. You can smell it through a mask.
padouk is pretty bad too. a fair amount of tropical's will make far
more fine dust then any American woods.
Knight-Toolworks
http://www.knight-toolworks.com
affordable handmade wooden planes

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:25:56 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
Steve knight quickly quoth:

bloodwood is one of the worst fine sawdust producers out there. the
dust is very hard to filter out. You can smell it through a mask.
padouk is pretty bad too. a fair amount of tropical's will make far
more fine dust then any American woods.

Steve, I _hope_ you're wearing either N100 respirator filters or N100
masks, not N95. Otherwise you'll be complaining when emphysema or lung
cancer rolls around.


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Steve, I _hope_ you're wearing either N100 respirator filters or N100
masks, not N95. Otherwise you'll be complaining when emphysema or lung
cancer rolls around.

I have a very good dc setup. so I don't have to worry.
Knight-Toolworks
http://www.knight-toolworks.com
affordable handmade wooden planes

On 2 Feb 2006 07:13:12 -0800, "warbler"
wrote:

Has anyone worked with this wood. I dimensioned a 4/4 piece for a
project and in spite of some dust control efforts, my shop looks like
it rained paprika (or cayenne) over everything. My clothes suggest I
was hit by an IED. Not sure what my lungs look like.

The wood is truly beautiful, cuts incredibly nicely, etc. Just was
curious of other people's experiences.

Assuming that this is the S. American wood (it is something like
brosinium xxx), yeah, I had a similar problem. It is like the wood
fractures into tiny crystals or splinters. It did not help that I was
somewhat alergic to the dust that coated my forearms when I was
dimensioning the wood. (despite the dust collector on the planer).
It is very nice wood, but, in my experience, a bear to work with hand
tools. Scrapers are about all that seem make things better rather
than worse.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:30:52 -0700, "Charles Spitzer"
wrote:


"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article .com,
"warbler" wrote:

[...]

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

and i've found it to smell wonderful when worked.

Yes, it does. Very distinctive, too.