Hey, folks. First timer here.
Just started working with some BW cut a few years ago on my place. I also have a bit of burl ripped into three inch slabs with the bark still attached to the burl nodules that's been drying in the shop for about 6 years. I cut a 1 foot round (well sort of round) on the band saw, sanded down and steel wooled it w/#000. Awesome figure! Haven't done anything else to the piece yet. May turn a shallow bowl (if I can get to a lathe) or maybe a clock.
One of my slabs is about 5' x 2. at its widest nodules. Would love to try to make maybe a wall piece (inlay a mirror, maybe?) but want to utilize the rounded burls. Problem is this:
How do I remove the bark, get those needle-sharp points down to a safe level without removing them completely, then get a finish on it? All the flat surfaces I can handle but the sides are eating my lunch.
Photo attached below.
Thanks in advance!
Jera
Just started working with some BW cut a few years ago on my place. I also have a bit of burl ripped into three inch slabs with the bark still attached to the burl nodules that's been drying in the shop for about 6 years. I cut a 1 foot round (well sort of round) on the band saw, sanded down and steel wooled it w/#000. Awesome figure! Haven't done anything else to the piece yet. May turn a shallow bowl (if I can get to a lathe) or maybe a clock.
One of my slabs is about 5' x 2. at its widest nodules. Would love to try to make maybe a wall piece (inlay a mirror, maybe?) but want to utilize the rounded burls. Problem is this:
How do I remove the bark, get those needle-sharp points down to a safe level without removing them completely, then get a finish on it? All the flat surfaces I can handle but the sides are eating my lunch.
Photo attached below.
Thanks in advance!
Jera