I want to do this exactly: Take this: https://ibb.co/kmVw4xD And turn it into hollow wood like:
https://gaharujinkou.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/gaharu.jpg
The work done in the above photo is a rough sort of job. With the insides hollowed out using a clamp and long drill bits I suppose. Not sure. However, what I’d like to do is just leave a 0.5mm wall, potato chip thickness and hollow out everything else. This is because the resin-containing wall in an agarwood tree, this specific species where the resin forms along the xylem of the tree is considered to be of highest quality when it’s near black (containing loads of resin) and 0.5mm in thickness. And, my idea is to have one continuous 1.5~3.0 METER piece, depending on the length of the harvested wood.
https://ibb.co/hHpDw3V – Same photo. Edited. Showing the bits that are needed to be removed.
https://ibb.co/59K4cmQ (carved wood – red part removed) and no infill as seen here: https://ibb.co/mDxvY31 – (bottom view) The logs are quite long. I have 1000s of pieces. And the wall thickness is around 0.5mm for the entire 1.5~3.0m log, can someone help me out with this? And, the outer surface needs to be carved with a CNC robotic arm.. Suggestions on how to do this would be most welcome.
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What is the intended use? A long tube that thin will not have much in the way of structural strength. What are you trying to make with it? I can think of no way to hollow a tube that long, narrow, and convoluted with any accuracy. I have taken sections out of a birch log while leaving the bark intact to make containers... but they were round, well over a foot in diameter, and less than 3 feet long.
I ran a search on Agarwood... If you are just looking to harvest the resinous wood for the fragrance industry (up to $1000/ pound according to Wiki) you might try cutting off a piece and composting it. You might be able to peel off the inner and outer parts more easily as decomposition begins, possibly not affecting the heavy resin layer.
Dear sir,
It's not intended to have structural strength.. It's a showpiece.
It's not clear to me what your trying to do and the photos don't help much and typing in those codes gets me nothing. Im not seeing the finished product. But hollowing those logs out,if that's what your doing, with fire ,like a didgeridoo probably is not what your looking for. All I can think is with a large auger with extensions and maybe rigging it up to a big..really big ..machinists lathe.
If there is an industry for what you want to do and someone's doing it they spent the big bucks and had a machine made to do that. If I had thousands of logs I'd go find that machine. Some analog diy is probably going to get you nowhere.
To end up with anything like a consistent thin outer skin on logs that are not very straight all I can think of is maybe trained termites. I have seen where termites have completely hollowed out lumber and left a paper thin outer skin so that the board looks perfectly intact. Maybe you can find some carnie from a flea circus to train the bugs for you though he will probably charge you a whole six pack to train them!
Hi! You think we can DM each other or you could email me? That way I can show and send you all the videos needed to explain my point..
The exact idea that you're having is what I'm looking for. However, I need some help on the exact contraption. Because, I can get it done for cheap at the location where I harvest my agarwood trees. However, I need a woodworking expert to help me design a rig with which I can bore out the logs. The trick is to leave a thin long agarwood piece in the end. And it would be doubly valuable if it were carved on the outside prior to hollowing out on the inside. For this of course I'd need to leave the infill inside, use a robotic arm or a CNC that can clamp and work on such long pieces and carve what design I want onto the surface, and then hollow out the tree with the resinous thin (now carved with a design) layer.
I'd appreciate any help on this matter.