John TenEyck
06-29-2019, 6:55 PM
An arborist friend who brings me logs gave me this maple burl, freshly cut out of a live tree he took down:
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The trunk on the left side is maybe 10" across, and the burl area is about 2X that across. The burl doesn't go all the way around the truck, it's more like a letter "C". My friend asked that I make some sort of bowl out of it as payment for the load of logs. I've made a few bowls, some pretty nice by my standards, but I'm not a skilled turner in any way. My one or two experiences trying to turn something with burl wood was not very successful, so I'm wondering if I should try using a grinder with a Lancelot chainsaw carving disk or something similar to rough out a bowl. Any advise is greatly appreciated.
I'm also wondering where I should cut the bowl blank or blanks out of this big chunk of tree. I have all kinds of chainsaws at my disposal as well as a bandsaw lumber mill, so cutting it down shouldn't be a problem once I know where best to cut. Any ideas?
Thanks very much.
John
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The trunk on the left side is maybe 10" across, and the burl area is about 2X that across. The burl doesn't go all the way around the truck, it's more like a letter "C". My friend asked that I make some sort of bowl out of it as payment for the load of logs. I've made a few bowls, some pretty nice by my standards, but I'm not a skilled turner in any way. My one or two experiences trying to turn something with burl wood was not very successful, so I'm wondering if I should try using a grinder with a Lancelot chainsaw carving disk or something similar to rough out a bowl. Any advise is greatly appreciated.
I'm also wondering where I should cut the bowl blank or blanks out of this big chunk of tree. I have all kinds of chainsaws at my disposal as well as a bandsaw lumber mill, so cutting it down shouldn't be a problem once I know where best to cut. Any ideas?
Thanks very much.
John