Burl Gloat

[Ken Hill]

Honestly, I did not even take notice of what type of tree it was from. I started cutting and hauling logs at day break again and ran across this one in a tree that was knocked down by a much larger one when felled.

This piece I cut about 10 inches on each side of it and was so tired I did not even notice the wood coloring until I carried it in the shop at the end of the day. I reckon tomorrow I will go cut the remainder of that tree up into blanks seeing the coloring runs throughout.

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[John Keeton]

There is a hollow form inside that burl, Ken!!;)

[Gary Conklin]

Sure looks like silver maple to me. Nice looking piece of wood!

[Jim Burr]

Woot!! Merry Christmas for free!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nice looking burl. Have fun turning that one.

[Art Kelly]

...I reckon tomorrow I will go cut the remainder of that tree up into blanks seeing the coloring runs throughout.

Be careful, it looks to me like there might be a 12-inch ambrosia beetle in there.:D

[Ken Hill]

John see's HF's in his sleep haha

I will cut out a few bowl blanks then seal the log and set it aside and allow it to spalt. I believe what we are looking at is the result of Mineral staining. The bottom part of the tree was hollow for about 2 feet. Lucky for me the rest of the tree is solid and not punky. It should add some flavor to a normally plain wood.

[Ken Hill]

As soon as it was light enough to see, I headed out and cut some blanks. It was 17 here this morning, nice and crisp and a great day to get work started!

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[John Keeton]

Ken, that is some really nice looking wood! Great color! Going to be some beautiful contrast with the sapwood. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with this stuff.

[Ken Hill]

It should be pretty, the rough outs I have of similiar stuff here are coming along real nice. I saved a few 4 foot long pieces to spalt naturally and I think I will give the beer method a go on a half dozen blanks. These wont make big bowls, maybe 6 or 7 inchers, but they should turn well.

[Lee Koepke]

Thats pretty looking wood. I wish I could run across some like that!

[Ken Hill]

All anchorsealed up and stored in the shop. Getting ready to go make some noise and cut more firewood, hopefully I will run across some more cool stuff!

[Baxter Smith]

Very pretty wood Ken. Should make some great turnings! Splitting them just once through the middle is fast and it saves some wood but having a bit of the pith in a lot of them will make them more prone to checking if they are going to be stored inside for long. You can only rough out so much so fast.:)

[Greg Just]

That is some great looking wood. Looking forward to the finished product.

[Greg Ketell]

As soon as it was light enough to see, I headed out and cut some blanks.

That is gorgeous wood. Great Haul!!!



It was 17 here this morning, nice and crisp and a great day to get work started!

17.... "Crisp".... Dang I would hate to see what you call "cold"!

[Jake Helmboldt]

As Baxter noted the pith will be your undoing. Even a small amount of pith can result in serious checking, ruining the blank (as I have found out on several occaisions).

[Ken Hill]

LOL, by this evening every blank will not have the pith in it. I said "Stored" not put up haha. I will probably rough out every one today.

[gary Zimmel]

Sweet looking chunks of wood Ken... Congrats.

[Ken Hill]

Well,it appears to me that ring shake has affected the lower portion. Coloring is excellent and I will get some bowls out of this but I will be limited to under 7 inchers. I will rough out a few more from the mid section and hopefully they will not have any issues.