Burl Gloat

[Cory Norgart]

OooooHHH ieee!!!! This stuff is hard on a chainsaw:) I cant wait to cut into the 1400lb whole burl too. Good thing for heavy machinery or I would have to rent a team of mules:)

[Paul Williams]

That is impressive. Looking forward to seeing what you turn out of that chunk you are holding. Looks like a lot of chain dulling dirt on the base.

[Rich Aldrich]

Cory,

Nice huge burl. I like the length of your bar on your saw. What saw is it and how long is the bar?

[Cory Norgart]

Rich, it is a 1991 288xp Husky 8hp. 36in bar and chain sharpened to 15 degrees for horizontal cutting, works well for hard cutting I use a 24in on it too, but find myself using the 36in more, Ive had alot of sizable burl lately.

[David E Keller]

Good grief! I'd normally say, "You suck!", but I know you're willing to share that stuff with the rest of us... For a price, of course!:D

I'm guessing that's black ash burl. I think it would be interesting to see what you cut out of that piece. In other words, how many large and small blocks to do you create, and how much of it ends up as waste? A little photo tutorial of how you do it would be a great addition to the site. It seems like every few weeks there's a post about how to break down a burl, and you've probably got more experience chopping up burls than anybody else on the site.

[charlie knighton]

super gloat!!!!!!!

ditto on what David said

[jwjerry w kowalski]

Wow, what a find, I've never seen one that large. That should keep you busy for quite a while, you lucky dog you.

[Donny Lawson]

WOW, That's massive. You have a ton of bowls and other turnings form that thing. What kind of wood is it?

[Roland Martin]

My back hurts just looking at the Husky, never mind the burl!! Nice gloat and curious as to what you end up with.

[Dan Hintz]

Should you care to part with any pen- or stopper-sized cutoffs, I'm all ears :)

[Bob Bergstrom]

It seems the "bar" is getting very high in the wood gloat category around here. Beautiful burl wood and yes I am totally envious.

[Cory Norgart]

Hey Donny, that would be Black Ash Burl.

[Cory Norgart]

Keller, great idea!!! I probably wont cut it up until after the symposium tho. But I will put a pictorial together when I do it for everyone to veiw. Thanks for the input, Cory.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Good looking burl! Great looking chainsaw! First one I've seen with an attitude! My first thoughts when seeing the burl were that you were gonna need a bigger lathe! Be safe!

[brian watts]

2" slab of that would be nice for some turkey calls....