Making exotic hardwood jewellery

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Also, look into the kinds of wood you'll be machining, 'cause if you don't know what to look out for with exotic hardwoods, you can also hurt yourself greatly.
Some few exotics have very bad effects from fine turning work - from disorientation and hallucinations to supposedly even outright toxicity if the very fine particulate from machining it is inhaled. Read up, and use a good mask if in doubt about the wood!