Here’s some links that might be helpful.
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/question-of-the-week/wood-chips-mulch
And a general chart of toxicity of woods.
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/wood-allergies-and-toxicity/
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Also a quick google of “Can I use sawdust as Mulch” has a lot of cautions.
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Ah yeah, it does take a bit of time to contribute positively to the soil ecosystem.
Luckily my sawdust creation has been incredibly low, since I cut maybe a 2x4 in half every few weeks. I’ll have to keep it in check with the planer.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Just don’t pile the mulch up against the trunk - you can girdle the tree. (Makes me absolutely furious when i see mulch piled up on trees in the medians here.)
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no problem. Pine should be fine, especially since it is indigenous to the US, but it just caught my eye when you mentioned using rare (exotic) woods.
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Oh I never even have that much. It’s a light sprinkling at best. I do most of my cutting on a bandsaw hooked to my shop vac. It’s only when I need to cut a long board in half, like a 2x4, that I even bother to schlepp all that stuff outside lol.
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Ahem…normal ? What IS the definition of normal ? Ahemm Ahemm
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Me. 
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Next on my list.
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Aaaaannd 24 hours later…
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So cool. I had been thinking about one of these for a while. Wanted to get an upgrade to a helix cutter. I have an entry level Grizzly now and it works great. Just can’t get a piece thinner than 1/4". I knocked together a little sled for it, but it needs some more work to do it right and it isn’t exactly the best option.
That’s why I have been thinking about building a drum sander to get the final thickness. There are several designs out there. I have the motor and bearings. Just need a shaft and a couple days. So looking forward to what you come up with.
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Reviews take longer than 24 hours. 
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Bummer.
Well, back to Inkscape. 
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That’s how I feel too
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Funniest thing I’ve heard in this Forum yet !!! Thanks for the good laugh !!!
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I think it is a mix of both.
However Dan & GF have been very consistent in the quantity and quality of ‘press releases’ - complaining about the same things this month as last month is not going to suddenly shift his position i feel.
Apparently
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My office window looks out on to the National Park that borders our back yard.
I get to watch snakes, Goanna and the occasional Wallaby or Kangaroo come by to visit… it is pretty sweet.
I even have a Kookaburra nest just 10m away from the back of my house and i get to watch the Kookaburras happily munching on the aforementioned snakes.
One thing i can tell you about the many Eucalypts on our land is that they are viciously anti-competition, their leaves and even some of their roots exude a poison to kill off any other plants trying to grow nearby. In Australia you only use Eucalypt mulch as a weed suppressor, not to help plants grow!
Anyhoo… here is a Kookaburra who likes to stop outside my office window and say g’yday. Hopefully the little fella will cheer everyone up until the next Update Post by Dan
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He’s very squeee! Chuckle! 
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He is showing off here after winning a fight with another Male. Then he and his lady love popped up on a tree and sang (aka laughed) for a good 10min to show who was boss.
I wont post that one as the footage is terrible, even though the song is sweet.
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