Making Draw Tubes... Flower Quince?
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TommyDee
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Rosewood aroma. very strong on the lathe.
About sealing; no, the hint I got from the Dynastem thread, the 'sealing' process in the 'smoke room'... something I remember. Didn't make sense before because FQ doesn't have nearly the aroma of most tree samples. Maple, for instance, is a very neutral scent.
This rosewood was kiln dried so it is stable. And since I don't line the stem, they need seasoning like any good pipe. There is no way I could endure the seasoning process without a dose of out-gassing, which is what this sealing process really is. What's the right formula? Don't know but 4 hours at 150F did a world of good on this stem. Haven't put the Shellac on it yet. It is impressive as a stem though.
Several Shellackings later... WOW
About sealing; no, the hint I got from the Dynastem thread, the 'sealing' process in the 'smoke room'... something I remember. Didn't make sense before because FQ doesn't have nearly the aroma of most tree samples. Maple, for instance, is a very neutral scent.
This rosewood was kiln dried so it is stable. And since I don't line the stem, they need seasoning like any good pipe. There is no way I could endure the seasoning process without a dose of out-gassing, which is what this sealing process really is. What's the right formula? Don't know but 4 hours at 150F did a world of good on this stem. Haven't put the Shellac on it yet. It is impressive as a stem though.
Several Shellackings later... WOW
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HMU when you start producing wooden stems like your quince for the masses.
Planck
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Hey Tommy, about kiln dried woods;
Wood is hygroscopic and that is that. It will always respond to relative humidity regardless of how it was "dried". Kiln drying is a process that allow wood to be dried to a usable moisture content as quickly as possible, nothing more. Air drying, rule of thumb is at least 1 year/inch of thickness.
In my experience air dried wood is mostly free of internal stresses and kiln dried wood is not. I've had poorly kiln dried wood that was done poorly that was essentially unusable. Given the choice I would always pick air dried over kiln dried. It looks better, it smells better, it is more stable, it machines better too. Compare air dried walnut to kiln dried walnut, the difference is clear and astonishing.
In case you are out of rabbit holes the USDA is a tremendous data source about wood and wood processing.
Cheers.
Wood is hygroscopic and that is that. It will always respond to relative humidity regardless of how it was "dried". Kiln drying is a process that allow wood to be dried to a usable moisture content as quickly as possible, nothing more. Air drying, rule of thumb is at least 1 year/inch of thickness.
In my experience air dried wood is mostly free of internal stresses and kiln dried wood is not. I've had poorly kiln dried wood that was done poorly that was essentially unusable. Given the choice I would always pick air dried over kiln dried. It looks better, it smells better, it is more stable, it machines better too. Compare air dried walnut to kiln dried walnut, the difference is clear and astonishing.
In case you are out of rabbit holes the USDA is a tremendous data source about wood and wood processing.
Cheers.
TommyDee
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@stark1 - with flying colors. The super-fine grain makes for super-fine binding bonds. It is not something that seems to decompose.
I think the difference is the associated shrinkage. When the FQ stems cracks, like my original DD did with a rolled o-ring on the '20 tip (killed two stems!), the split didn't recede the remaining bulk. In other words, there are no internal stresses to facilitate the propensity to crack.
Thanks for reminding me to get providence @Planck - Seller forwarded this...
I think the difference is the associated shrinkage. When the FQ stems cracks, like my original DD did with a rolled o-ring on the '20 tip (killed two stems!), the split didn't recede the remaining bulk. In other words, there are no internal stresses to facilitate the propensity to crack.
Thanks for reminding me to get providence @Planck - Seller forwarded this...
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