Roger Bell
11-30-2006, 12:16 PM
We felled a few Alaska Yellow Cedar for a ski-trail project here in Western Oregon. Mostly smaller stuff (12-18" DBH) on a somewhat remote site. I was able to slice up and pack out half dozen bowl blanks from the larger butts. We always want to at least try out some new wood, don't we? It turns quite well compared to the common Western Red we have around here....which I, quite frankly, don't particularly like to turn.
About a month ago, I rough-turned a couple of bowl blanks. This was just about the juiciest and most "aromatic" stuff I have ever encountered. At the end of the bowl session, I had to change clothes and shower because I was really soaked and quite stinky. I failed to wash my hair and I still reeked from the oil that must have been in my hair. The next day, and for about three weeks afterward, it smelled like the entire shop had been immersed in a bucket of Pine-Sol. It was really was strong enough to be unpleasant...like sticking your nose in the bottle of Pine-Sol. The smell has started to dissipate after a month and it now it is starting to smell pretty good.
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About a month ago, I rough-turned a couple of bowl blanks. This was just about the juiciest and most "aromatic" stuff I have ever encountered. At the end of the bowl session, I had to change clothes and shower because I was really soaked and quite stinky. I failed to wash my hair and I still reeked from the oil that must have been in my hair. The next day, and for about three weeks afterward, it smelled like the entire shop had been immersed in a bucket of Pine-Sol. It was really was strong enough to be unpleasant...like sticking your nose in the bottle of Pine-Sol. The smell has started to dissipate after a month and it now it is starting to smell pretty good.
Does "Good Housekeeping" pay for "Reader's Tips"?