Black Locust burls

[Taxmantoo]

Dude
Ever hear of I.A.P. Its a pen turning site . cut that burl up into 3/4 by3/4 or 1 by 1 in by 6 in long you can sell them for five dollors each. Any spalted and crotch grain woods sell fast on that site.

This site?
http://www.penturners.org/forum/tags.php?tag=pen+blanks

 

[horsey32073]

i.p.a.

yep thats it

 

[flushcut]

John, you remind of D*** Pennicky.

That guy was bad azz!

 

[daviddwilson]

They could be very good. I like black locust's look myself and a burl might be awesome. Don't worry about cutting through it, smaller burl chunks are still usable for a bunch of things


Make sure and cut the burls off any "regular" wood. A burl doesn't have the same grain structure, so doesn't have the same drying/stress/cracking issues. I would seal the cut end with anchorseal or paint. I wouldn't seal the "eyes" end.

All done, there is no guarantee, but small checking in a burl is no biggie to fill with epoxy for whoever is working it.

I have to second Anchorseal. Another thing if the hole section of the tree is a big burl. You have to cut the pith out. If you don't it will most likely crack weather you seal it or not.

 

[chipr]

Chopped them out of the tree today. Quite a pile. I don't think many of them will be of much use as too "thin".

I have a guy coming to look them over this weekend.

Harry K

Try cutting the tree part flat, and then slice them with a band saw so they make rainbow looking pieces. About 2 to 3 inches thick. It gives you a good surface to shine up, and I've hung stuff down from them as wind spinners/chimes type of things.