How toxic is that wood your carving?

I found a great little chart, rating the carving dust toxicity of many different woods. Good stuff, worth checking out...

http://www.fishcarver.com/fish_carving_wood_selection.htm

I'm wearing MY mask!

Surfintiki,

On your chart redwood looks like some nasty stuff. I've noticed many years ago that if I carve without a mask, I wind up being short of breath surfing the next morning. Almost like I have asthma. I amways wear my mask now, even when I am doing chaisaw work. Thanks for letting carvers know the dangers of sawdust.

Will

Great post....I have been really lax about such safty equipment in the past, but when I read about the stuff I've been doing, it's really disturbing.

I sort of woke up when I started getting nose bleeds from the inhaled crap...

Time to wise up!

Thanks again