Rob Holcomb
11-09-2010, 5:40 PM
I stopped by to see one of the tree cutters that I know and presented him with a Cherry bowl I made for him as a thank you for some Cherry he gave me a while back (sorry no pics of the bowl. I forgot to take them before giving it to him). While there, I asked him if he had any Black Walnut logs that I could get a hunk or two of. His response was "How big of a hunk do you want? 10 feet?" I said, "I don't want to spend a lot of money, just a couple of small pieces will do" He showed me what he had laying around and then told me he was cutting down a Black Walnut later this week that was about 25 inches in diameter and he would set a 10 foot section out for me and then he would cut it to whatever length's I wanted. Then he said "Would you want any burls?" I said, I'd love some! He said he didn't have any at the moment but he would start setting them aside for me. All free of any charge! Then he said... "You know, you can come up here anytime and grab whatever you want, just bring your own chainsaw. I don't let anyone use my saws". My mouth just about hit the ground!!! He has logs of all the Northeastern native trees laying at his place. I could go nuts there!
So my question is this..When I get some burls, and begin preparing them to make something on the lathe, is there anything I have to be careful of? Specific way to cut it to size, etc.? I know the grain goes every which way so the orientation shouldn't matter all that much other than to get the most pleasing look but I've never done anything with a burl so any help you may have would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Rob
So my question is this..When I get some burls, and begin preparing them to make something on the lathe, is there anything I have to be careful of? Specific way to cut it to size, etc.? I know the grain goes every which way so the orientation shouldn't matter all that much other than to get the most pleasing look but I've never done anything with a burl so any help you may have would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Rob