Scenic (prewood?)gloat II

[Baxter Smith]

Posted a thread about 10 days ago on a spruce burl and left it as "to be continued". Did some more digging and cutting today.
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Managed to avoid all the rocks shown in the picture but there were plenty more.
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The backside of the burl is the one on the left.:)
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Got all the roots cut around the perimeter then was able to tip it over to about a 45 to get to the ones underneath.
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Removed all the roots so that it could be rolled but that wouldn't do me much good.
Shipping is the next hurdle.
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More like loading though.:)
Think its going to have to go in pieces.

[John Hart]

Think its going to have to go in pieces.

Cool...then we get to see the insides sooner?

This is great Baxter!! :)

[Jack Mincey]

Can't wait to see what this piece of wood looks like on the inside. Good luck with the loading and hauling it home. Can you use a boat and just pull the whole thing to a dock on the lake in the picture, slowly using a rope. You could than float it onto a trailer and take the whole thing home in one piece.
Jack

[Jerry Marcantel]

Baxter, are getting this burl in a Park, and is that a boat in the rocks in the last picture???? Cool piece of wood. I know where there's one like that around here. Some Ash looking wood...... I might just go out and stealthyly get it...... Good score...... Jerry (in Tucson)

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Posted a thread about 10 days ago on a spruce burl and left it as "to be continued". Did some more digging and cutting today.
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Managed to avoid all the rocks shown in the picture but there were plenty more.
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The backside of the burl is the one on the left.:)
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Got all the roots cut around the perimeter then was able to tip it over to about a 45 to get to the ones underneath.
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Removed all the roots so that it could be rolled but that wouldn't do me much good.
Shipping is the next hurdle.
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More like loading though.:)
Think its going to have to go in pieces.

Baxter I think that burl would float ;), and it would be easier to drag up at the boat ramp maybe ?? than trying to load it into the boat out there :confused:

[Roger Chandler]

Baxter,

nice haul! I would imagine that was a difficult haul as well! hope you had help loading and moving, and hope you still have no back problems!:(

Looking forward to your "revealing" the treasures that lie inside that ball of wood!

Nice gloat!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Boy great gloat Baxter. That should make some great turning.

[Donny Lawson]

Shipping should not be a problem.My address is easy to remember:D.Great burl there.
Donny

[Roland Martin]

WHOA!! That's a good day's wage you got there:D Can't wait to see a little deeper. Nice find:)

[John Keeton]

Baxter, that sure gave that Stihl a workout!! Great gloat, and that is going to be some awesome wood! And, a lifetime supply, too.

[gary Zimmel]

I'm sure that big chunk of burl is going to yield some fine turnings....
Great find and gloat Baxter!

[David E Keller]

Nice. Would you cut it in half already?

[Baxter Smith]

that a boat in the rocks in the last picture???? )
That is a boat Jerry. Don't know if there is room for me and that burl.:D


Can you use a boat and just pull the whole thing to a dock on the lake in the picture, slowly using a rope. You could than float it onto a trailer and take the whole thing home in one piece.
Jack
Not a lake Jack. This is what it looked like when I landed.
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The tide is a lot faster than I am.:)
I have pulled 3 waterskiiers at one time with the boat on the mooring but I don't know if I could get this chunk of wood up on a plane. Standing in that cold water to strap on a couple pairs of skis.... hmmm. That would make an interesting picture.:) The burl on a plane that is!

Baxter I think that burl would float ;), and it would be easier to drag up at the boat ramp maybe ?? than trying to load it into the boat out there :confused:
It wouldn't need a lifepreserver;) but 3 miles to the ramp might be a long drag!:)

Baxter, that sure gave that Stihl a workout!! ...
My wife walked by as I was cutting with the bar buried and said, I think you need a bigger saw. Now I just need to get this thing mounted on the lathe and have her walk by.;):)
Too good a workout.:mad: I managed to freeze up the chain brake then snapped the handle as I was trying to cut off about a 3rd of it. It is now in the shop till next week. I switched to an old pulp saw to try and join the cuts but couldn't get enough depth. (before I ran out of gas:))
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[Tim Rinehart]

I see your misfortunes with the chainsaw as a sign that it wasn't made for the demanding work you do, and by gosh...it's just not safe to use an underpowered machine that can't take a chunk of wood thrown at it.

I say, for the good of all concerned, not the least of which our economy...time to buy a nice chainsaw!!

Ok...that's how "MY" mind works anyway.;)