A guy came into the shop in Arizona carrying 4 or 5 2x6 incised Pressure Treated boards. I was not the shop monitor that morning and the Monitor on duty that day is fairly new to woodworking. She asked for my input.
He wanted to rip them to 5.25 inch depth. I told him that PT lumber can not be cut in the shop. It is not written policy in the AZ shop but should be. The chemicals to treat the wood are carcinogenic and corrosive to metals. There is a couple of PT treating processes that...
Should Pressure treated Lumber be cut in Community Shop? i
He wanted to rip them to 5.25 inch depth. I told him that PT lumber can not be cut in the shop. It is not written policy in the AZ shop but should be. The chemicals to treat the wood are carcinogenic and corrosive to metals. There is a couple of PT treating processes that...
Should Pressure treated Lumber be cut in Community Shop? i
