Robert Hayward
07-05-2017, 8:03 PM
This is what I did yesterday on my day off. :)
A neighbor has a huge ( four feet plus ) Camphor tree that had taken a lightening hit las fall and one big branch died. The branch was about 30 inches in diameter at the tree trunk. These rough bowls were all turned out of crotch wood. The two big ones each have a two inch or so punky spot in the side where a branch had died years ago and rotted. I will work around these areas, maybe filling them. I still have three small blanks to rough turn, ran out of energy yesterday.
The shop ( garage ) reeks of camphor oil smell. Working in it for a while I would become jaded to the powerful odor. Going outside for a while then back into the shop was a different story. The camphor smell so strong as to almost make me gag, really. Even this evening the smell is so strong I do not want to be out there. This after a thorough shop cleaning. Under and behind all the machines making sure I got all of the chips. Even mopped the floor thinking my walking on the chips rubbed oil into the concrete.
Anyone know how to kill an incredibly potent Vics Vaporub smell ?
http://photos.imageevent.com/bayward/latheturning/websize/Camphor%20bowls%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/bayward/latheturning/websize/Camphor%20bowls%202_1.jpg
A neighbor has a huge ( four feet plus ) Camphor tree that had taken a lightening hit las fall and one big branch died. The branch was about 30 inches in diameter at the tree trunk. These rough bowls were all turned out of crotch wood. The two big ones each have a two inch or so punky spot in the side where a branch had died years ago and rotted. I will work around these areas, maybe filling them. I still have three small blanks to rough turn, ran out of energy yesterday.
The shop ( garage ) reeks of camphor oil smell. Working in it for a while I would become jaded to the powerful odor. Going outside for a while then back into the shop was a different story. The camphor smell so strong as to almost make me gag, really. Even this evening the smell is so strong I do not want to be out there. This after a thorough shop cleaning. Under and behind all the machines making sure I got all of the chips. Even mopped the floor thinking my walking on the chips rubbed oil into the concrete.
Anyone know how to kill an incredibly potent Vics Vaporub smell ?
http://photos.imageevent.com/bayward/latheturning/websize/Camphor%20bowls%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/bayward/latheturning/websize/Camphor%20bowls%202_1.jpg