What can I do with this Burl

a bench/chair of sorts?

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try carving it into a sign or something. a router would do a good job but if you do it by hand tools are gonna have to be razor sharp

Hmm?? No clock, no table, no cut. I guess about all that is left is an almost a wheel for a wheel barrow :=))

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Karson

I see a table … a table …thats it. Round the points a bit if you need to.

DAN

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Send it to me!!!....seriously, if a table is out of the question….then perhaps as inlay material, as a box, resawn for vaneer, as turning material – pens, plates, shallow bowls…....a decorative panel in a door….course most of those require some cuts…

I gotta stop, Im drooling all over my computer….

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Karson,

I see it as a piece of art. Really, planed and smoothed flat, then oiled and waxed, I think it would make a beautiful wall hanging.

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Why not build a table top around it? I think it would look really cool as sort of a giant inlay in a dinning room table.

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Why not build a table top around it? I think it would look really cool as sort of a giant inlay in a dinning room table.

Now I like that idea…and make the table a totally contrasting wood to high light the burl.

-- Don S.E. OK

Wood burn an ancient treasure map on it and then mount it on a wall and tell stories about looking for the lost treasures? uh, thought I’d try something off the wall… sort of speak… :) like a backboard for darts?

Well, could you ship it to your buddy for another platter turning? duh, just how many pens sets could you make from it? Did you mention the wood flavor.. like use it to smoke some meat on the BBQ?

Most logical would be a low coffee table or butcher block for the kitchen. Yes, for safety you’d have to lose the sharp corner-edges… We have one with sharp ends… and I wouldn’t trust it if we had youngsters in the house. Actually, I really don’t trust myself around it.

Try cutting a big piece out of the center and leave a ring of the outside edging? Use two different pieces for projects that retains the basic natural beauty? For a beautiful piece of wood it may be a bit awkward to use.

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ding ding ding .. I think we have a winner!! using it as the base/centre .. nice idea

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you could… give it to me, i think thats a pretty good idea
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Sorry Buddy. I have no ideas to throw to you. It is an interesting shape so maybe you could do something to enhance that. An island shape of sorts.

-- Rich, Nevada,

I believe that keeping it as one piece would be better than making pen blanks from it. I’ve not really thought about removing the pointy spikes because that is one of the things that makes it so unique. A wall hanging might be the thing to do. I’ve got a friend that has a 36” thickness sander so i could probably get it flat. and a little thinner so I’m not hanging 80 lbs on the wall. (I don’t know if that is what it weights) If maple weights about 4lbs per bd ft this might be 8-10 bd ft maybe less. So between 25 and 40 lbs.

Keep the suggestions flowing we might be on to something here. I also like the idea of making another table outside of this one. Maybe with a glass top. How much does a 4 X 8’ sheet of glass cost. It would be tough to put in a leaf though.

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Karson, I have a piece similar to this and not as large that I finally decided could beocme the feature top on a few boxes.
I think I have a pic around tht shows the idea I have for the rest of it.

I’ll have to check

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Sorry Karson, I couldn’t turn that, but someone could.

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