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Have you turned green camphor?
07/04/12 at 14:50:59

I live near a collection center for wood to be chipped. Everyday at noon I go with my chain saw to see what they have. Keyaki, (Japanese elm), chestnut, ash, juniper, cherry... you name it!
Camphor is the most amazing one of all. The smell!! My shop and the whole house fills with the medicinal aroma.
I fill bowls I've made with the shavings and put them around . Nice!

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Chuck Beland WR Supporter Head WR Twit Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12466 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #1 - 07/05/12 at 00:45:11 Steve, Why don't you make some potpourri bowls. All you need is the bowls you make. Get the lids like these here. Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Steve Rollinson Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 179 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #2 - 07/05/12 at 01:04:00 Great idea! Thanks for that!
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Chuck Beland WR Supporter Head WR Twit Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12466 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #3 - 07/05/12 at 15:28:33 Remember if you got a question just ask 7 turners will have 20 different answers.
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 7840	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #4 - 07/06/12 at 03:54:29 Only a few times, smells like Vicks.
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Rev. Doug Miller WR Patron Offline Working flat so I can support my addiction. Posts: 9602 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #5 - 07/07/12 at 14:16:11 Love to turn camphor. I have turned it and had to stop half way through to kick the shavings out from under the lathe. Got too strong and was making my eyes water. Love the colors and the movement of the grain though. Has nearly as much character as olive. If you find you have too much, start shipping it to me. I love it.
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Rev. Doug Miller WR Patron Offline Working flat so I can support my addiction. Posts: 9602 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #6 - 07/07/12 at 14:16:56 Never mind. I see you are in Japan.
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Scott glass WR Addict Offline Wood is my Gold! Posts: 1589 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #7 - 07/08/12 at 06:08:02 I have never even seen it but love the smell of camphor. Some woods have a smell that is so nice it's beyond what you wood think a tree could could be.
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Mauricio Kolenc Full Member Offline Posts: 84 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #8 - 07/08/12 at 09:04:21 Camphor is amazing.......But if you have Keyaki available you are very lucky ! I have a good stock of it(from a felled arboretum tree)an keep it like a treasure.
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John Long WR Supporter Online WR Rocks! Posts: 134 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #9 - 07/10/12 at 10:48:57 Enjoy turning camphor very much. It is turner friendly and if you can get the crotches they make great bowls or vases. Perfer the camphor that is more red inside. It usually from a well fertilized yard. Am lucky that the smell does not bother me in the least.
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Chuck Beland WR Supporter Head WR Twit Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12466 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #10 - 07/10/12 at 14:43:54 I remember when my wife & I went to Thomas Edison's house in FL. He has this massive Banyon tree in the front of it. I wonder what that would be like to turn?
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Art Smith Junior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 39 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #11 - 07/12/12 at 04:46:49 Illegal! That tree is on the National registry as a Historical site Banyan along with most all Ficus trees wouldnt turn well in my opinion.
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Chuck Beland WR Supporter Head WR Twit Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12466 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #12 - 07/12/12 at 15:20:46 Art, I didn't mean his tree. Why wouldn't it be good to turn?
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Art Smith Junior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 39 Gender:	Re: Have you turned green camphor? Reply #13 - 07/12/12 at 17:46:57 I was joking of course. It is full of elmers glue like sap and it checks terribly
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Re: Have you turned green camphor?
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is a camphor bowl I turned a while back. Maybe it will give you a sense of what it looks like. Can't say it all looks like this, but all of it I've turned looked very similar. Between the color and the smell of it I think you'll be glad to turn all of it you can get your hands on.
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