Best smelling shop

[gokartergo]

Just cut and sanded close to 400 Northwestern red cedar blanks.. My shop never smelled so good....LOL

 

[Firefyter-emt]

You should try a camphor bowl someday...[]

 

[DocStram]

The best smelling shop? Easy! Nothing like the smell of that hot ca as it melts that latex glove all over your fingers.

 

[ctwxlvr]

ROFL AL

 

[alamocdc]

I happen to prefer the smell left after turning Lignum Vitae. Simply amazing!

 

[kent4Him]

I went the other way last night. 1 1/2" forsner bit that was too dull, trying to drill into end grain. I had Indians calling me responding to my smoke signals. It ranked up there with the time I spilled a pint of stain on some logs and the floor. I'm still getting some flashbacks on that one.

 

[Dario]

Camphor and juniper/cedar smells great for me.

But it smells the best when my wife brings me my freshly baked snack in the shop [^][^][^]

 

[jckossoy]

Try olive wood. I'll have another martini, easy on the vermouth[]. HIC! HIC!

Kol Tov,

 

[gokartergo]

Most of the time my shop smells like cut up deer antler.. The cedar was a very nice change for me.. I like the idea of the wife bringing something out.. But that just doesn't happen with my wife..lol

 

[galoot_loves_tools]

Originally posted by gokartergo
<br />Just cut and sanded close to 400 Northwestern red cedar blanks.. My shop never smelled so good....LOL

Be careful when sanding western red cedar, the wood is loaded with an irritant - plicatic acid. I found this out several years ago, If I work it now, I use a respirator. Here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plicatic_acid

 

[Pompeyite]

Since I started using "Shellawax" liquid in my shop, it has improved the smell no end. I think it is a great product to use too.

 

[les-smith]

This may sound weird, but I've turned twp pens for my dad here in the last two weeks out of Aspen. I thought it smelt good. Camphor though made my whole garage smell good.

 

[Woodnknots]

drilling bloodwood. When it gets hot it smells like raspberries! Olive wood is nice too, but tulipwood smells like, well... Tulips!!

 

[huntersilver]

Olivewood is my vote!

 

[byounghusband]

Your shop smells like a hampster cage??[B)][}]

 

[Ligget]

I turned 3 Buffalo horn pens lately, even my dog wont go into my shop now.[xx(]