camphor laurel bed???

[kim]

hi all;

i recently saw the works of a man at some markets who makes a
variety of furniture, candlabras etc from camphor
laurel. i have seen a photo of a bed he made from
c/l and am very interested in getting him to make
one. i have searched around to find out a few things
- eg; is it strong enough for a bed; is it long
lasting??? if any one can give me any info on this it
would be great.

thanks in advance
kim

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Kim, I will try to answer each question in order.

All timber is long lasting if looked after and is in an indoor environment so I don't think this is a problem.

Camphor Laurel is a lot harder than pine and they have been using pine for beds for a long time.

The only problem that I could think of is the aroma but that disappears or reduces over time. HTH

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Ian () Robertson
"We do good turns every day"

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For Grand Poobahs benefit:

HTH= hope this helps. http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/wink.gif

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Ian () Robertson
"We do good turns every day"

[Steven P]

My parent built some camphor Laurel lounge chairs over 10 years ago and they are still going strong after being used (and abused) by 4 strapping lads (now men) for the whole time, so I can vouch for the strength of furniture made of camphor laurel!