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Well let me tell you guys a story about this. I always went fishing and hung out at the same lake for all my life and always passed this burl a million times. One day my neighbor said we should go cut that burl out when it warms up, we both never gave it a thought. He went to cut in it and it was pretty rotted out so he said screw it. Well a few months went by and I was home on a sunny warm day and decided to cut it down and mill it. This is what I came up with. Its around 3/4 inches thick. Its beautiful looking but as you can see its been though some rough times.
I wasn’t all to sure what to do with it. I don’t have the heart to throw it out. I was wondering what would you guys do with it? Any ideas? I was thinking about filling the rotted parts with polyurathaine and getting it nice and smooth and makeing a shelf out of it. What wouild you guys suggest?
-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!
9 comments so far
craigktx
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posted 234 days ago
theres all kinda of nice things you can do,pens,a base for a bowl,a base for a sculpture.
dont fill the holes,it will ruin the look of the burl.
-- craig kuhn
bigwoodturner
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posted 234 days ago
Depending on the size I personally would make a an end table. Take a look at a piece I did out of bristelcone pine. I am getting it posted today. Maybe it will gie you an idea. No matter what you do it is a beautiful piece of wood.
-- Dale
EricW
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posted 234 days ago
make some sort of little table, and lay some glass over the top of it to cover the holes and make it usable.
jockmike2
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posted 234 days ago
They make great clocks, or antler mounts, or picture collages. Check out my gallery. I found the same thing, maybe you’ll get some ideas. mike
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
a1Jim
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posted 233 days ago
Nice find . hold on to it and keep looking at the projects on LJs an idea will come to you.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Matt
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posted 233 days ago
Thanks for the responses guys.
I was thinking about a small table with a glass top but I just have no where to put it. I was also throwing around the idea for using one for deer antlers (gotta get a nice buck this year :p) and the other for a clock. Kinda stole the ideas from jockmike2! But I guess for now I’m just goin to hold onto them. Real neat to look at!
-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!
roman
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posted 233 days ago
u can never stare at them long enough to get enough ideas
dont be in a hurry as the pictures you posted of the burl,
can only get better with time
very unusaul burl.
sleep on it a few times
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Pete_Jud
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posted 232 days ago
Ive had a couple of cedar burls in the shop for a couple of years, when the idea hits then the project starts.
-- Life is to short to own an ugly boat.
Karson
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posted 157 days ago
Some great looking burl wood.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †