Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Cherry burl
Jim Davies, Clayton, NJ
>This is a number of firsts for me. Even though i have been turning for a while most of my recent work is in stone.
First green wood, first green burl, first natural edge and first microwave drying. I lost part of the natural edge because this small bowl twisted so badly during the drying. It is 3 1/4" wide and 2 3/16" tall.
Comment, critisim always welcome.
Jim D.
Re: Cherry burl
JL
>Nice swirl pattern. Let me see if I understand this. It actually twisted and shifted during the drying? That must have been a "wound up" burl.
Re: Cherry burl
Jim D. Clayton, NJ
>Went in round, came out an oval. The bottom was so out of round I had to sand it flat and mount it on a different scrap block to finish it. Really quite interesting just not what I wanted.
This was the smallest of 9 pieces off the same tree so I will have fun and keep on playing and see what I get.
Jim D.
