Are they any woos you refuse to build a Cue out of

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Are they any woods you refuse to build a Cue out of

Because that wood is a pain in the _ _ _ _ to work with. Or you just Hate working with it?
 
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CocoboloCowboy said:
Because that wood is a pain in the _ _ _ _ to work with. Or you just Hate working with it?
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Cocobolo is one of the best looking woods around. I break out in hives. I will make it but it is going to cost. It would take me two weeks to get rid of its effects.

Jim.
 
Some of the impregnated burls and woods are a pain to deal with but are beautiful when completed . DSC01351.jpg

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I've never had a reaction to any material such as poison ivy or such in my life. I've use a lot of Cocobolo over the years and three or four years ago I started to notice that I would itch and started to develop a little rash under my watch. Since then this has progressed to now when cutting or sanding Cocobolo my entire elbow area, my neck and wrist itch like crazy, swell and get red. This lasts for around a week or more. A couple days ago I sanded some Coco and now the palm of my hand is itching and driving me a little farther crazy. Cocobolo has always been one of my favorite woods to build cues out of and I guess it feels it's been abused enough knocking balls around and has decided to retaliate against me.

Dick :):)
 
rhncue said:
I've never had a reaction to any material such as poison ivy or such in my life. I've use a lot of Cocobolo over the years and three or four years ago I started to notice that I would itch and started to develop a little rash under my watch. Since then this has progressed to now when cutting or sanding Cocobolo my entire elbow area, my neck and wrist itch like crazy, swell and get red. This lasts for around a week or more. A couple days ago I sanded some Coco and now the palm of my hand is itching and driving me a little farther crazy. Cocobolo has always been one of my favorite woods to build cues out of and I guess it feels it's been abused enough knocking balls around and has decided to retaliate against me.

Dick :):)
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I hope your customers appreciate what you go through to build them a cue. In all seriousness, breathing it may be very hazardous. I used to be a member of a wood turning club. You know, not what you do on a metal lathe but with the knives and a wood lathe. One day one of the older members began coughing up blood. He was a doctor himself by the way. It turned out it was the years of breathing in wood dust. He recovered, it wasn't cancer or anything he had just done a lot of damage to his lungs. It was a long painful recovery. Even the most seemingly benign wood dust should be avoided.
 
I like to snort big fat lines of cocobolo. Kidding. It doesn't bother me too much though. It makes me sneeze more than most woods but that is about it.
 
i got hives once from a lengthy table saw session.i was cutting a bunch of different Rosewood boards up including Coco,BDR,Honduran.it looked like i got stung by 100 bees.i was just starting cue building and my teacher Alex said,"you better put that mask on" and i said,"oh,i'll be allright".well i wasn't and i am careful now on almost all woods.

Ebony dust really burns my nose and eyes too.
 
None of the woods dust bothers me, but I won't use Zebrawood. I just don't like the way it cuts. It comes off in curls...JER
 
I love cocobolo, but won't use it very much. I have two cues going with it now and I have to be extra careful so my eyes don't swell up. Whenever I cut those cues, I am done for the day and immediately take a shower, stopping at the washing machine on the way up to deposit my clothes. I've been lucky on these two and haven't had any issues, but I still have a ways to go on the cues.
 
For me, any wood that I react to , just goes onto the list of do not use.
My list is short . So far just Cocobola.
I am ok with australian snake wood. Not tried any other snake woods yet.
I wear a mask for the dust when working with all woods.
I wear a corbon mask when working with epoxies, probably I should be using a resporator.
Some people can develop alergies to different things when in combination.
Epoxy poisioning is not a good thing,but wood dust can stay in the body for quite some time, creating problems.
I like working with balsa wood, but the dust from it now gives me a cough for a few weeks. Balasa stays on off my list, as using a dust mask, I don't get a cough. That coco gives me a rash on my arms and makes me feel ill.
Stay healthy and good cue making.
Neil
 
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