Hinoki Cypress availability?

[Ed Romson]

Does anyone have a reliable source for Japanese Hinoki cypress blanks? Specifically, I'd like to turn medium and large bowls, so I'm looking for 4x4x4 and larger pieces.

Thanks
Ed

 

[John Torchick]

Looking for an answer as I have never hear of this species of wood. Need to Google it!

 

[Bill Boehme]

I am moving this to the main forum since you are looking for a commercial supplier and not a person to person sale. Also, more eyes will see this in the main forum.

 

[Zach LaPerriere]

Japanese Hinoki cypress

Hi Ed,

A lot of Alaska yellow cedar has gone to Japan as replacement for hinoki. Alaska yellow cedar is not a cedar at all, it's also a cypress, and for a long time it was included in the same genus as hinoki. Yellow cedar is often used in temple construction in Japan when hinoki is unavailable. I haven't turned hinoki, but yellow cedar is fairly common in the Pacific NW.

I just milled about 3/4 of a ton of yellow cedar for bowl blanks. I'm unclear what dimension you're looking for...you're not looking for 4' are you? That big is available, but at a premium usually.

Your best bet is probably Washington for Alaska yellow cedar, but I would be happy to help you track some down here in Alaska if you like.

 

[Tom Albrecht]

4x4x4? Inches? Feet" Meters?

 

[Ed Romson]

Sorry, I'm thinking bowls, so 4" x 4" x 4" and up to 15" in diameter

 

[Fred Belknap]

Must be the new math.....????

 

[Bill Boehme]

A 4" X 4" X 4" blank would be ideal for a donburi bowl.

You'll have to explain the "new math" comment. Math was older than dirt when I went to school.

 

[hockenbery]

A 4" X 4" X 4" blank would be ideal for a donburi bowl.

You'll have to explain the "new math" comment. Math was older than dirt when I went to school.

What is a donburi?

I think the new math was in reference to wording that implied turning a 15" bowl from a 4x4x4
But I took it to mean smallest 4x4x4 largest 15" diameter.

@Ed Romson has to go a long way to catch up with my poorly worded posts,especially when I get unnoticed help from Apple. 🙂

 

[Bill Boehme]

You should have seen the help that Apple tried to give me with "donburi". 😀

It's a Japanese rice bowl dish, sort of like stir fry served in a small hemispherical shaped bowl.