Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2007/08

From: "Bill Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Machining wood
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:58:08 -0400

It has bee SO VERY INFORMATIVE to follow this discussion about handling the
wood, by people who know about it, because they DO IT !

Thank you all so much for this education.

Bill Foss
US Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Machining wood

> In a message dated 8/9/2007 10:57:35 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> curtis.bennett@-----.com writes:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocobolo
>
> From Wikipedia article :
>
> <<Care must be used when working this wood, as its sawdust is dangerous;
> many people develop an allergy when exposed to it. A sawdust collecting
> system
> must be in operation.>>
>
> It is my experience that the sawdust is fairly inert. I have handled it
> safely for many years.
>
> However, if the wood reaches too high a temperature when worked on the
> lathe, it seems to release some sort of resin into the atmosphere - the
> odor is
> quite distinctive. This is what seems to be very toxic to me. Several
> times
> when this has happened, I have developed a form of dermatitis, very
> similar to
> poison ivy.
>
> When I work with cocobolo now, I use a mask and a dust collection system,
> and I turn the wood at very slow speeds.
>
> Regarding the previous discussions, I do agree with Clark that the work
> must
> be done over a long period of time to allow the wood to adjust, and the
> final reaming must be done by hand.
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetxpress.com
>
>
>
>
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