How to harvest a Maple Burl Tree - LumberJocks Woodworking …
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · 2) It the bottom is burl, remove one 'square' 2-3ft long chunk, to enable peering into the root cause of the crease in middle. If the center is not hollow, and burl figure is very limited on cut ends; mill the tree in to figured slabs. If do not find burl on bottom, skip to horizontal milling in step 3.
Large burl on a tree on my property....what's it worth?
WEBSep 30, 2010 · Thicker pieces for turning from the outside edge, thinner for table slabs (or whatever) from the center portion of the burl. I would anticipate $15-$25 a board foot for sliced, wet wood. If it is healthy, let it grow; the burl is obviously growing faster than the tree so let the money add up.
Sweet gum tree with insane burl, need advice
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · Suggest taking precautions while working on any burl with exposed black mold. Black mold is dangerous stuff as airborne spores will wreck the lungs. If the black color rubs off easily, suggest power wash the stump on site wearing a respirator, googles, and overalls, and moving only a cleaned burl stump out of forest.
Pepper Burl bowl - LumberJocks Woodworking Forum
WEBNov 9, 2021 · I received this wood from a lumber mill friend here in California. It is off of a huge pepper tree covered in Burl. My friend gave me 2 Burl to turn. The first 3 pics is the largest of the 2 and was a lot of work to turn. The Burl …
Have VERY Large Burl at Base of Silver Maple
WEBAug 26, 2014 · We live in Tennessee, right between Nashville and Chattanooga. On property, we have a huge Silver Maple tree what is quite large at the bottom. Our contractor reminded us how much something like this could be worth for a woodworker. The tree is a bit more rectangular than round, but the bottom burl is just gigantic. Here are some …
Pondering the thought of creating a Burl Tree Farm
WEBAug 14, 2011 · I have been pondering the thought of purchasing some land thriving with hardwoods, fencing the acreage in to keep out unwanted critics and starting my own Burl Tree Farm. The plan: What i would do is once again fence in the area, i mean i have to have a way to keep out all of you curious ' i wanna knows…."
What Is Burl? - LumberJocks Woodworking Forum
WEBSep 8, 2012 · A burl is a growth on or at the base of the tree and sometimes under the ground that is due to damage to the tree. The tree started to heal itself and forgets to stop healing. Burls are not always formed because of the injury.
Hickory burl - LumberJocks Woodworking Forum
WEBJul 17, 2022 · Welcome to LumberJocks! Burl is always a guessing game. Value of any burl can not be established until you saw it open, dry it, and show the grain. Sometimes you find a bug infested, rotted mess in the middle; with a frame of wood on outside. Might find some pretty normal wood, with twisted grain direction that dries into a pretzel too.
Oak Tree Wood Carving in Maple Burl by Gary...
WEBOct 20, 2013 · I carved it out of a Big Leaf Maple Burl. A burl is usually caused by a trees reaction to an agro bacteria. It starts sending out a huge number of buds showing birds eye grain through out the burl. It is very unusual and is very interesting to look at.
Burl? Worth anything? - LumberJocks Woodworking Forum
WEB11346 posts · Joined 2009. #21 · Nov 11, 2009. Looks a lot like the Fir burls around here, in the mts of N. AZ. Most of the ones I have harvested are punky on the inside. Gene. Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.'. G. K. Chesterton.