http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/woodworking_blog/index.php/cant-smell-the-roses/ Tue, 14 May 2013 23:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/woodworking_blog/index.php/cant-smell-the-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-323699 Jack Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:04:19 +0000 http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/blog/?p=150#comment-323699 Ya gotta include sassafras for sniffin’. I even like red oak’s musty odor- probably because I look forward to seeing the end product!
You know why cherry turns everybody off? Just smell a fresh cut cherry twig. The distinct odor is prussic acid (contains cynide)!
Finally Italian cypress smells exactly like Port Orford cedar (which is not a cedar)!
There are lots of others. Fun just thinking about this!
Thanks

]]> http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/woodworking_blog/index.php/cant-smell-the-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Lenny Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:18:38 +0000 http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/blog/?p=150#comment-45 May I add to your “must smell” list?
Bethlehem olivewood and Thuya burl. Just the act of drilling a hole will fill the shop with a nice fragrance.

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