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Thread: Mackay cedar
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25th August 2007, 09:20 AM #16
It's a good thing you posted this Caliban. I'm sorry you had to experience it, but a Big Thank You for letting us know.
I've a small piece of this stuff in my shed and would have been cutting into it shortly. I won't now until I get some dust extraction set up in there.
How are you feeling now?
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25th August 2007, 05:43 PM #17
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25th August 2007, 10:32 PM #18
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Mky Cedar, a beautiful timber & easy to work with if you take the normal precautions. Worked with it a lot of the years while I was in Mky but it certainly isn't the worst timber I ever used, Red Bean takes that prize! 100 times worse IMHO.
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26th August 2007, 10:15 PM #19
Thanks for making me sound like a redneck Shane.
Mate, I cleaned up my shed with the ducted outdoor dusty the next day and even that caused me a coughing fit and another day of irritated airways. I swept the floor on the other side of the shed a day later and even that wasn't pleasant. This stuff is insidious.
Today I had to empty the dusty bag, so I used a face mask with twin canisters and had no problems. (read very relieved)
But I know one thing. I'm never using it again. If I have to walk around like a spaceman just to use my shed 5 days afterwards, despite using dust extraction, I'm not interested. There are just too many other friendlier timbers to use to risk it.
Perhaps we need a thread of nasty timbers to avoid. We could put your red bean at the top of the list.Cheers
Jim
"I see dumb peope!"
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26th August 2007, 10:30 PM #20
Such as the Badwoods list
from our host. Mackay Cedar is not on the list, but as it says, flick 'em an email.
I have had one run in with the stuff and ain't going to play with it again, unless I get suited up with mask etcPat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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27th August 2007, 12:01 PM #21
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Well I'm glad I saw this thread. I bought a lovely big slab of Mackay Cedar at the Sydney woodworking show a couple of years back and it's still sitting in the shed while I try to think up something to do with it that will do it justice - it has the most magnificent grain figure (like a red flame on the pale beige background), a really spectacular piece of wood.
But obviously one to treat with a great deal of caution, which I wasn't aware of.
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2nd December 2010, 06:02 PM #22
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Yes, have had this occur with Mackay Cedar. Has anyone ever had an allergic reaction to Spotted Gum? I have heard of a number of people who break out in hives when working it. Pretty nasty apparently!
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2nd December 2010, 06:26 PM #23
Never had any trouble with Spotted Gum myself.
I've been turning a few small bits of Mackay Cedar lately, no problems as long as the cyclone is turned on and sucking all the dust away.
I got a few bits of Pennyleaf after the cylone earlier in the year. I noticed it gives the skin a burning sensation when you get covered in the dust.
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15th February 2011, 04:17 PM #24
Came across this revived thread, and thought I would update my naive comments at the time.
Did turn some of this.
beautiful timber.
Usual cowboy fashion, as I seldom react to stuff, so no dusty or mask.
OK until the sanding, then quite quickly itchy nose, sneezing, followed by headache and nausea.
next day, followed up with a sudden and copious nosebleed.
SO
Future use of this will be done under much more controlled conditions.
If I still have side-effects, will reclassify it as firewood.
regardsAlastair
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15th February 2011, 07:37 PM #25
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15th February 2011, 08:07 PM #26
No worries Grahame, I have got a few trees on my property, I think they will stay put with their leaves and branches on, while I live here at least.
I got Thyroid cancer about 6 years ago, all my Doctors assured me it wasn't from wood dust, so I'm gratefull my hobby didnt cause it.