Here are several pictures of the oak burl nested sets with 5 to 6 coats of waterlox on them. This is the largest set, the largest bowl of this set is right at 17" in dia.
Jack
This is what the burl looks like in all the bowls.
The grain in the largest bowl is neat where the trunk grew into the...
We all know that Amboyna Burl can be turned,but I need to know if anyone has made any other kind of projects out of it.I got an order for a pen holder out of Amboyna Burl.Im gonna use a piece that is 2"thick and 6"x6".I need to make like a stepped block with a concaved dado on each step for the...
Here's a winged bowl I finally finished. The wood is an Australian Brown Mallee burl. These winged bowls are a lot of fun since you have the equivalent of a saw blade spinning a 1/2" from your knuckles the whole time you're turning :wink_smil. I finished the bowl with Behlens SBF.
Guys I have a ton of Cherry Burl, BirdseyeMaple, Ambrosia Maple, and DOGWOOD Burl on ebay....My user name is liftnaleg or just do a search on Cherry Burl and look for items located in Newton NC and once you find one click on Seller's other Items
I worked up half the large oak burl today. I only had a handfull of scrape from the half I cored. I ended up with 8 bowls including the bottom I cored off to use. It is some of the prettiest oak I've ever seen. I hope it dries without much problem. The bggest is around 17" in dia.
Jack
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So y'all have read my inquiry about turning rough Cherry burl to maximize the figure. Thanks for all the advice, I actually followed some of it :)
I had a piece that had been chained sawed flat(ish) on both sides. So I decided to pull the largest core out of it that I could to miss the voids and...
I just recently got some Cherry burl thanks to WoodArtz in the latest deal.
Now I am torn on how to turn them. I have turned burl before but it has always been in a nice square block form. These are not -
Most are half logs with the burl wood on the outside.
Normally when I turn a half log...
Had a little time in the shop over the last week and made a couple pens for my wife and myself.
The first is a Majestic Jr. the second is a black titanium cigar
1st The first piece is just a piece I did to try and do some art pieces. It is all one piece Burled Cherry 2nd one is a 14" Bowl I did yet again out of some of the burl Cherry, Started with cutting the log all the way to finishing to 600 grit, with home made frictions wax. 3rd is a piece I...