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Thread: Red Oak Burl
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13th May 2014, 12:42 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Red Oak Burl
I have a deer hunting friend who found a burl last winter out in the bush but close to a road. He could not move it but a couple weeks ago took a chain saw out and got it almost cut in half before the saw got dull and was not cutting well.
Today the two of us went out with my freshly sharpened saw and completed the cut, rolled the pieces to the car and loaded them.
I brought them home and slabbed about 2/3 of it before my back gave out. Stick in photos is 12 inches or 305mm.
First photo is the two halves with a bonus crotch that was sitting there. The dark red is the rotten trunk.
Second is the closer half slabbed, third is a close up of one slice, fourth is as far as I got with the second half, fifth is a bowl blank ready to go.
This has been down and lying on the ground for years. Do I need to coat with sealant? It is stacked in the shade right now, but we have day temperature of around 30 degrees C.
After dinner I decided that was enough excitement for one day and did not put the blank on the lathe. Not good to use machinery while tired.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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13th May 2014, 01:18 PM #2Senior Member
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Good score! I have recently got several burls, and the guy who was selling them was storing them on the ground with cut face down. They were drying surprisingly well this way, no splitting. I left one of the burls with cut facing up for two or three hours, and small cracks started to show on the cut face. Commercially sold burls are frequently coated with wax to prevent checking. So you definitely need to reduce drying through the cut one way or another.
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13th May 2014, 01:37 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Paul, any timber that has been laying around in the forest will have a certain level of moisture in it, and you can be sure that when you cut it, it will start to achive equality with the ambient air. so it is worth sealing it up, sanding sealer will do.
So when you are done, keep a piece for me, cause I will be in your shop in 12 months and 2 weeks from now.
rgds,
Crocy.
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17th May 2014, 10:14 AM #4
Very nice score. Better to have something created then to rot away.