Burn of the Day

[Oudamberlove]

Feel Oud Sinking Laos

Fully resinated pieces
when I chiseled some slivers
they were more like little rocks
because the resin had crystallized
when heating, the aroma was short lived before starting to get burnt,
so I tossed the little rocks into my pepper mill
ground them into a coarse powder
then reheated them.

Big difference!
much more aroma
but they still don’t like high heat
so it’s on medium for a long mellow release.

I am reminded of Agar Aura Dao

 

[Mr.P]

Laser- toasted sandalwood!??

The most dangerous way to burn? This is a deep violet laser that has a focusable front lens. By changing the focus, it is possible to produce the gentlest or high temperature burns. When the laser is focused to a very fine point close to the lens, the energy density is super high and some strange chemistry seems to occur - the color changes to bright white flashes of plasma or something and unusual highly combusted notes are produced. This is just a curiosity as mostly the super high temp notes are not especially pleasant.

I don’t know what the etiquette is for posting photos but I figure since there are so many I’d just leave then attached and not in-line. It was hard to hold the laser and focus and take a picture at the same time since I wasn’t using any kind of a tripod or stand. So some are a bit blurry.

If the laser is held perfectly still the amount of wood burned is minuscule, yet it still produces a strong and pleasant fragrance. So for example I can place tiny little chips from the rikoku set on the table and for a piece the size of a grain of rice i can produce many separate little scent clouds to appreciate and compare. Each is perfectly fresh since it comes from a discrete position on the surface of the chip. It is an ideal tool for study, but you have to take serious precaution to not burn your eyes and your clothes and the table, etc.

 

[Arsalan]

Laser- toasted sandalwood!??

The most dangerous way to burn? This is a deep violet laser that has a focusable front lens. By changing the focus, it is possible to produce the gentlest or high temperature burns. When the laser is focused to a very fine point close to the lens, the energy density is super high and some strange chemistry seems to occur - the color changes to bright white flashes of plasma or something and unusual highly combusted notes are produced. This is just a curiosity as mostly the super high temp notes are not especially pleasant.

I don’t know what the etiquette is for posting photos but I figure since there are so many I’d just leave then attached and not in-line. It was hard to hold the laser and focus and take a picture at the same time since I wasn’t using any kind of a tripod or stand. So some are a bit blurry.

If the laser is held perfectly still the amount of wood burned is minuscule, yet it still produces a strong and pleasant fragrance. So for example I can place tiny little chips from the rikoku set on the table and for a piece the size of a grain of rice i can produce many separate little scent clouds to appreciate and compare. Each is perfectly fresh since it comes from a discrete position on the surface of the chip. It is an ideal tool for study, but you have to take serious precaution to not burn your eyes and your clothes and the table, etc.

that is awesome!
Search for a laser begins!
What kind of specs should we be looking for?

 

[Mr.P]

400mw or higher, but get eye protection - these are pretty dangerous.

405nm (purple/violet) is a good wavelength since this color is near the limit of human visual perception and the beam appears about 30 times dimmer than it would of it were green or blue for example which our eyes are more sensitive to. Less irritating to the eyes even when kicking out much more energy. If you shine these on day-glow surfaces it is like a little nova as the fluorescent pigment molecules absorb the violet and then re-emit the energy in the form of more visible light, giving a better representation of the energy levels involved. I would not have been able to photograph a green laser at the power of that violet one (800mw).

Anyway, even 100mw will burn if focused, but i think 400mw+ works better (and make sure it is focusable). It might make sense to get a lab laser (not a pointer form) as they have bigger heat sinks and can run for longer without overheating, and can be plugged in to an appropriate power supply to avoid battery hassles. They can actually be cheaper than specialized handheld models and could be incorporated into a box - they have mounting screws.

the blue lasers are much cheaper (450nm wavelength I think) but produce a larger square beam that will not focus as well. Of course you can get higher power which makes up for this. Not sure which wavelength is the most reliable but there are often big differences from one color to another so it is worth researching.


Also FYI your eyes are not adapted to focus the 405nm wavelength. It has strange effects on your vision. It always looks like a blurry dot or two off-set dots but it actually is a sharp dot, and this is just happening in your eye when the light passes through your cornea. different people perceive this differently as well due to genetic differences in range of color sensitivity. Looks bluer you some

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[Arsalan]

Thank you for the detailed response & guidance @Mr.P !

just did a bit of research, and technically hand held high powered laser is basically “illegal” in Toronto


Canada has some laws one needs to be aware of with hand held high power lasers...
https://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/tr...aviation/hand-held-lasers-legally-safely.html

You cannot possess a hand-held laser over 1 mW outside of a private dwelling within:

• municipalities within the greater Montréal, Toronto or Vancouver regions
• a 10-kilometre radius of an airport and certified heliports

 

[Mr.P]

Aha, but if you buy a lab laser, it is not handheld. Notice it’s ok in a private dwelling. The deal is they don’t want people thinking a burning laser is safe for pointing things out or flashing stuff in public.

 

[Arsalan]

Aha, but if you buy a lab laser, it is not handheld. Notice it’s ok in a private dwelling. The deal is they don’t want people thinking a burning laser is safe for pointing things out or flashing stuff in public.

Yes, the plug in type are ok, found one that looks like a contender: https://lasershop.ca/uv-laser-table-top-500mw.html
We had a number of cases of high powered lasers being pointed at aircraft in recent years, that was the reason for the restriction.

 

[Andrew Salkin]

RBO: Somali Frankincense
RPP: Mysore Red Meat sandalwood powder

This is a dream. Most of the frankincense I have tried so far smells great. I have good quality Hojari as well as some sticky Omani black sacra. However, unfortunately even on low heat settings on an electric it's difficult to get it to properly melt down. It often gets slightly charred on one side and I'm forced to press on it to expose more surface area. What I enjoy so much about RBO's Somali is that it melts down to a clear yellow liquid on my burner. From there, I can dump in sandalwood powder, which prolongs the life of the sandalwood. A stunning combo.

 

[Arsalan]

RBO: Somali Frankincense
RPP: Mysore Red Meat sandalwood powder

This is a dream. Most of the frankincense I have tried so far smells great. I have good quality Hojari as well as some sticky Omani black sacra. However, unfortunately even on low heat settings on an electric it's difficult to get it to properly melt down. It often gets slightly charred on one side and I'm forced to press on it to expose more surface area. What I enjoy so much about RBO's Somali is that it melts down to a clear yellow liquid on my burner. From there, I can dump in sandalwood powder, which prolongs the life of the sandalwood. A stunning combo.

More than the temperature that may have to do with various types of frankincense & resins having different oil/gum/oleoresin ratios.
If you like to completely melt a resin try some copal...

 

[Oudamberlove]

Heated some Habzoud Sri Lanka chips.

I love the top notes very much.

As I kept the chips heating, I started lighting some incense sticks, then waved wafts of the combined smokes towards my way.

Sublime!!!

 

[Andrew Salkin]

Heated some Habzoud Sri Lanka chips.

I love the top notes very much.

As I kept the chips heating, I started lighting some incense sticks, then waved wafts of the combined smokes towards my way.

Sublime!!!

That wood is some of my favorite. The top notes are killer. Total jungle vibes. It's sinking I think too.

 

[Oudamberlove]

That wood is some of my favorite. The top notes are killer. Total jungle vibes. It's sinking I think too.

Not easy to come across wood of that caliber lately.
Habz has da hook-up😀

 

[EJayB]

Quit a bit of Brunei kinam to start
Cultivated green kinam to finish

 

[EJayB]

Habz’s Filipino,
I can barely slice off these Resin nuggets with an extremely sharp knife ! Amazing value as every single slice is a power punch of aromatic bliss

 

[EJayB]

A bit of Ceylon sandalwood with a chip of plantation wood from oudbase on top and some soft music in the background after a long hard day on the farm! Ah...

 

[Andrew Salkin]

OudBase's Meraoke resin. This stuff is powerful. Only got a little bit as a sample, but it smells fabulous. Haven't smelled many Meraoke oils before so I'm not sure how this would compare or how well it represents the regional signature, but it's really great to see resin bubbling non-stop on my heater. Hard to get any work done when you are constantly engrossed with bubbling goo!

 

[humbll]

Suifu extra from Yamadamatsu this morning.

Also heating some mostly Scented Mountain cultivated slivers in the Lotus Heater. I break these up very small - 1 or 2 mm wide by 2 or 3 mm long slivers, I heat about 10 or 15 of these at a time, they scent my space up wonderfully. After heating on the electric heater I store these in a small ziplock bag for fumigation of the space on coal at a later date.

 

[humbll]

Fu-In Kyara this afternoon.

I doubt if this has any actual kyara in it for the price I paid for the box but it smells nice anyway.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Habz Sinking Filipino

after burning sticks lately
this aroma packs a punch

 

[EJayB]

Sitting around drinking green tea and heating this wood I got on Alibaba.com thinking how nice it smells and how crazy cheap it was. Tea is good.