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John Fricke
02-08-2009, 5:15 PM
I posted a couple of weeks ago that i was trying to take possession of a burl i had located. I picked it up today. I ended up giving the old guy $50 for it. Probably too much, oh well. It was very dense and very very heavy. I'm sure glad he had a loader tractor to load it with.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii128/roadymi/Wood/burl.jpg








http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii128/roadymi/Wood/burlscut.jpg
Bernie Weishapl
02-08-2009, 5:31 PM
Holy cow John that is one big burl. Lot of turn'in there.
Clarence Sears
02-08-2009, 5:41 PM
Ah...yup. That's a big burl, John. Love to see the results :) What kind of wood is it, by the way?
David Christopher
02-08-2009, 5:46 PM
John, according to what kind of burl it is it will bring 300 to 600 dollars down here.. anyway good score. cant wait to see what you will make
Steve Schlumpf
02-08-2009, 5:53 PM
That's a lot of burl! Looking forward to seeing what you turn out of it!
Ken Glass
02-08-2009, 6:00 PM
John,
Great score! $50 is very low for a good solid burl like that one. Looking forward to some postings in the future.
John Fricke
02-08-2009, 6:04 PM
I'm no expert on wood species. He thought it was some type of oak. All I know is it was very heavy. It didn't cut so easy either.
John Fricke
02-08-2009, 6:10 PM
Hey Pete, havn't talked to you in awhile. Any chance of mounting one of these big burl pieces in your mustard monster to see what it looks like turned? I hope to have a mustard in a year or so, hate to cut some of these big pieces down enough to fit in my little delta.
charlie knighton
02-08-2009, 6:18 PM
very nice, keep us updated, i would espically like to see pictures of how you mount different pieces
Pete Jordan
02-08-2009, 8:03 PM
Hey Pete, havn't talked to you in awhile. Any chance of mounting one of these big burl pieces in your mustard monster to see what it looks like turned? I hope to have a mustard in a year or so, hate to cut some of these big pieces down enough to fit in my little delta.

Bring it on down!

I don't have my kids next weekend so that would be a perfect time.
curtis rosche
02-08-2009, 8:15 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you cuts it into slabs!!!!!! always think round blocks! you waste more cutting it into slabs to later cut into blocks. nice score though