The black locust I am working up had several burls, small to big. Are they good for anything? Unfortunately, the biggest one was on the bottom of the log and I cut through it.
Harry K
Harry K
The black locust I am working up had several burls, small to big. Are they good for anything? Unfortunately, the biggest one was on the bottom of the log and I cut through it.
Harry K
burls almost always have nice figure in them. the amount though can very. they are like x-mas gifts ,you wont know the true condition till you cut them open. some will have rotten centers or tracks,some bark inclutions,some solid gorgous wood. you can seal em up them give them a year or so, or cut them up and seal as you go.definately worth the effort no matter the outcome.Dave
Okay, I'll give it a shot. I'll segregate the chunks with burls and seal them. What do you use for that? Black locust checks badly as a chunk dries.
Harry K
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 thingsThe black locust I am working up had several burls, small to big. Are they good for anything? Unfortunately, the biggest one was on the bottom of the log and I cut through it.
Harry K
Okay, I'll give it a shot. I'll segregate the chunks with burls and seal them. What do you use for that? Black locust checks badly as a chunk dries.
Harry K
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.
We got some straight pieces of Black Locust on a removal once and milled planks out of them for my grandpa's shop. We treated them with linseed oil and they looked very nice when installed. I can imagine a locust burl as being very attractive.
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