Burl Platter

[Dick Parr]

Here is a maple burl platter that I also finished up today. It was really punky and was difficult to turn in one piece. It finished up at 10" x 1-7/8" and has a Watco soak and beall buffed with wax only.

I still a bunch of blanks of this stuff and each one is a little worse the one before.:( And they get smaller.

Thanks for looking.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks good to me Dick. Great work.

[Keith Burns]

Another winner, Dick:) . Were you able to use the vacuum chuck to do the bottom?

[Dick Parr]

Thanks Keith and Bernie,

Ya Keith, I had to close it off to get enough vacuum to hold it, but it worked great. Just used a little blue tape.;)

[Bill Stevener]

Hi Dick,
Really nice platter. I have a hunk of that type of maple, also quite punky. It's in a rough bowl form, 16" x 4" since this past fall, should be dry by spring. I am going to try and stabilize it with 50-50 poly and acetone in a vacuum tank.

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Andy Hoyt]

Thanks Keith and Bernie,

Ya Keith, I had to close it off to get enough vacuum to hold it, but it worked great. Just used a little blue tape.;)

I've have good luck with a roll of stretch wrap from the kitchen to seal leaks

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Good save. It has an interesting look to it with all the voids, etc.

Definitely an ART piece. Should fetch a GOOD price!

Bruce

[Jim Ketron]

Nice shape Dick!
and some wild looking wood!
Great Job Bud!

[Michael Stafford]

It looks like it was punky indeed. Nice shape though Dick!:D

[John Hart]

Nice work Dick! I see Patience written all over that one!! I was looking at some punky cherry logs the other day and said, "Nahhh". Maybe I should go back and pick them up.:rolleyes:

[Ernie Nyvall]

Looks good Dick. I like the form.

Hey, if you were to stabilize it somewhat like Bill wrote of, would it take the white part out... or is that just the flash in the picture? Just wondering.

Ernie

[Mark Cothren]

Good job on what looks like a tough piece of wood, Dick!

Thanks for the pictures!

[Dick Parr]

Thanks everyone.

Ernie the white wood is the punky wood that is just falling off this piece. It sat around too long before I got it.:(