treated?

[dltccf]

I noticed in the rotary jig tutorial the document about rounding the wood prior to carving http://www.carvewright.com/assets/service/Software_instructions/RoundRotary.pdf shows the machine carving a piece of treated 4x4. Everything I had seen here previously had warned against carving any treated wood. Does LHR have an official position on carving treated wood?

thanks,
dave

[unitedcases]

I am guessing but I think I remember it being stated that it wasn't a good idea. Airborne treated chemicals and what not. I don't think that was an official statement from lhr, just people's observation.

[ktjwilliams]

Common Sense !!!!! If you wanna have this dust going all over, then carve it .... It's not gonna hurt the bits or the machine ... I generally don't carve treated wood , Although I have... The couple times I did, I rolled my machine outside ..

[Digitalwoodshop]

Newer Pressure Treated is a copper based that causes Steel to RUST as in the Drill Rods used for the Rail Rollers.

Older Pressure Treated has Arsenic.

A search on the web will give you the details.

AL