how should i cut into a large carolina cherry burl?

i’ll post some pics up later tonite.

The Wood magazine e-newspaper that I just got said that to cut burls you cut with a flat slice. That give you the wood figure that is more like birds-eys if you cut it quarter-sawn then you get a ray pattern more like a tiger maple figure.

To cut the burls into drums you might only be working with the center of the real log and not get into much of the burl. You could probably cut some slices off to get to to the rough dimension that you need.

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I’ve massacred a burl three months ago, It took me two long days, and I managed to come out of it with some interesting sculpture slabs. But My technique needs A LOT of work…. Of course it may help to have the right tools for the job! Hope this spring ! Later. Patrick aka / woodnut99

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