Michael Tucker
01-06-2013, 8:08 PM
Howdy all,
My father-in-law brought me a really big white oak burl that he found and I'm wondering what to do with it and how to do it. I don't turn bowls (I turn pepper mills, pens, bottle stoppers and such) and I don't have the equipment to even begin to turn anything this big. So if I was going to cut it up for things that I turn, should I leave it whole to dry out (it's fresh off of a green tree) or cut it down into smaller chunks to dry out? Either way, should I dry it out inside the house where it's warm or inside the barn where it's dry but not climate controlled?
Thanks for the insight,
Mike
My father-in-law brought me a really big white oak burl that he found and I'm wondering what to do with it and how to do it. I don't turn bowls (I turn pepper mills, pens, bottle stoppers and such) and I don't have the equipment to even begin to turn anything this big. So if I was going to cut it up for things that I turn, should I leave it whole to dry out (it's fresh off of a green tree) or cut it down into smaller chunks to dry out? Either way, should I dry it out inside the house where it's warm or inside the barn where it's dry but not climate controlled?
Thanks for the insight,
Mike