Oak burl 1/2 cored

[Jack Mincey]

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 biggest is around 17" in dia.
Jack
Blank ready to be mounted.
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Mounted and ready to start.
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first couple bowls already cored out
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Pretty grain in these bowls
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This is the bottom I had left after coring. I turned the edge down and got a pretty bowl without the natural edge.
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The bowls that came from one half of the burl. 8 total after I cored the small core shown.
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[Bill O'Conner]

Am I missing something I only count 7 in the last picture

Bill

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow now that is a bunch of cores Jack. That is some really pretty wood. Can't wait to see them finished.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Amazing wood Jack! Great job on all the coring! Looking forward to seeing these finished!

Bill - don't forget to count the large bowl still attached to the lathe!

[Jack Mincey]

Thanks guy's. Bill, You are right. I cored the smallest bowl that is shown in the picture after this picture, since it was still solid. This gave me my 8th bowl in the set.
Thanks,
Jack

[curtis rosche]

wow, he gets something really nice, now he just HAS to show it to us?!?!?!? lets form a mob and go get some of that burl!

[alex carey]

That looks like its gonna have a very promising end. Hope to see the final product.

[Toney Robertson]

Jack,

That looks VERY promising. I too hope that it dries without cracking.

Can't wait to see the finished project.

Toney

[Bill Bolen]

You are right! That is the prettiest Oak I have laid eyes on! Anxious to see some finished...Bill..

[Jarrod McGehee]

I don't typically like oak too much but that sure is some pretty stuff you got. Good luck with the drying and I hope you get them all finish turned nice also.

[Jeff Nicol]

Jack, Darn good work! Should produce some spectacular finished pieces. Have you ever cored one like that before? It looks like the onion type and sometimes they will crack at the layers so seal them and watch them to see how they react.

Jeff

[David Christopher]

WOW, youre right that IS the prettiest oak Ive ever seen too

[Pete Jordan]

I got some oak burl but nothing like that!

You are going to have some beautiful bowls!

[Jack Mincey]

Thanks again everyone. Jeff, it is more pen burl than anything. I've really never seen a Oak burl like it. The way that the grain grew it is almost perfectly symmetrical around the bowl. I hope this prevents it from moving as much as oak usally does. I have turned a few oak burls before I got the coring set up that where the onion type. They moved a lot, but did not crack. I have this all baged or double bagged in a cool dry spot on my shop floor right now. I'm going to watch them very close over the next week and if I see any sign of cracking I will probably turn them to a thin finial thickness and let them dry and move, then sand it. Time will tell.
Thanks,
Jack

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Wow that Oneway corer is really paying off here Jack.
Exceptional Oak burl you found and I hope each and everyone of your bowls will make it to a finished one, thanks for showing, take care.

[Bill O'Conner]

Sorry about that but I thought some thing was up with only the 7 on the table thanks for explaining that

Bill