Hello there

[moonshine]

My name is Will and I teach woodworking to highschool students in northern New England. I turn a good bit on the lathe and am always on the hunt for a nice piece of Bulnesia Sarmeintoi. Cheers!

 

[woodtickgreg]

WELCOME! From Michigan.

 

[Mike1950]

Welcome, we love pictures.

 

[Mr. Peet]

Hello Will. Did you have any snow over the weekend? Welcome to the show.

 

[trc65]

Hi Will, glad to have you join us.

 

[Nature Man]

Welcome from Bulverde, TEXAS! Would love to see pics of your woodturning projects. Chuck

 

[daniscool]

Welcome from Austria. Ignore the Texans, read our rules and reply four times to be able to post anywhere.

Also, for your information, bulnesia sarmientoi has been moved to a new genus. The plectrocarpa genus. So it’s plectrocarpa sarmientoi now.
It is a beautiful wood though.

Again welcome.

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[Mike Hill]

Welcome to the show from Middle Tennessee! Recently bought my first piece of Bulnesia Sarmeintoi for a making a mallet!

 

[moonshine]

Thank you all for the responses! I look forward to more interaction. I have really been focused on turning small lidded forms as of late. These blanks were purchased from various suppliers here in the US, sold as Bulnesia Sarmeintoi. Yes, I have read about it being moved into a different genus, (Plectrocarpa), but I have also seen some academic sources say it is in (Gonopterodendron) now. Exporters and sellers within the US are still only referring to it as Bulnesia, though I am curious if all the pieces I have are Sarmeintoi. Some of their characteristics are fairly different. I am just beginning to scratch the surface of this fascinating wood, and am very interested in it as a perfume oil as well. I was formerly a distiller, but I don't drink anymore, so I have been dabbling in perfume and fragrance blending to continue scratching my olfactory itch. I am hoping to eventually collect the sawdust I create from my turnings, and try to distill off some essential oil with it.

 

[JonathanH]

Will, welcome from North Texas! Nice turnings!

 

[daniscool]

Thank you all for the responses! I look forward to more interaction. I have really been focused on turning small lidded forms as of late. These blanks were purchased from various suppliers here in the US, sold as Bulnesia Sarmeintoi. Yes, I have read about it being moved into a different genus, (Plectrocarpa), but I have also seen some academic sources say it is in (Gonopterodendron) now. Exporters and sellers within the US are still only referring to it as Bulnesia, though I am curious if all the pieces I have are Sarmeintoi. Some of their characteristics are fairly different. I am just beginning to scratch the surface of this fascinating wood, and am very interested in it as a perfume oil as well. I was formerly a distiller, but I don't drink anymore, so I have been dabbling in perfume and fragrance blending to continue scratching my olfactory itch. I am hoping to eventually collect the sawdust I create from my turnings, and try to distill off some essential oil with it.

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Very cool. Whatever you do, don’t overheat the wood. It turns it brown and locks it into that Color. It won’t turn green anymore.

The perfume is a polarising subject for me.
On one hand it makes amazing perfume and is a good way to reuse wood chips.
On the other hand there are companies that waste perfectly good wood so they can turn it into perfume. They chip up whole logs. (There is a schnaps distillery in northern Germany which is known for this crime)

Show us the finished product. Also, there are other woods that smell. Particularly dalbergia species. You could try to do the same there.