Camphor hollow vessel

Great shape, e!

Ellis Walentine

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Re: Camphor hollow vessel

Bob Hackett

>How`s ipe turn?I have a 6 foot log of it and if it turns like it saws I`ll need carbide tools.

Mainely,Bob

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Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>put your lights, etc. behind some thin white chintz to hid their reflections in a shiny surface.

Nice piece.

Mark

Re: Camphor hollow vessel

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>I really like this one! I love the way the grain dips.....it's really lovely.

Jennifer

Re: Great shape, e!

-e-

>thanks, ellis ... it's been difficult working with this wood because of it instability...much of what i harvested has self-destructed.

Re: Camphor hollow vessel

-e-

>ipe turns much better than it cuts. you can get a very nice surface with its tight grain. i used it for pulls, knobs, collars, accent wood.

it does dull the gouge faster than some woods but not anything outstanding -- i've been turning a lot of black acacia that is much worse on dulling tools.

however, it is one wood i have to wear my air-helmet with, or i start tasting it and get a cough. the dust is green until it finds moisture, then it stains red.

if you want, i'll help you out by taking that log off your hands! :>)

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-e-

>i'll have tto go figure out what 'chintz' is --- do you think they have it at HD?

thanks mark, i'll play around with that

Re: Camphor hollow vessel

-e-

>the wood is interesting, although very unstable -- the heartwood is very reactive. this piece moved so much out of round it almost didn't make it. to accentuate the heartwood, i used a garnet shellac as a finish.

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Glenn Hodges

>Great form, and I sure like the wood. I have turned a lot of camphor, but the wood was never as pretty as this.

Nashville, GA