How dry I am...
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Think I said something about my dead pines. I can stand at one end of the house and count 17. Saw log sized.
Well...Got to lookin' and I've got two oaks dead in the front yard. One pin oak and one red oak. The red oak is interesting. Don't see many like it...It's got about a five-foot burl, around four feet off the ground.
This is a stock pic, not my tree...
Mine's bigger, but I don't think it is as dense (for lack of a better word). Oak burls are bad about having voids (vacuoles would be a medical analogy). Still, it might have enough good for some bowls, maybe a table top or definitely small pieces like knife blanks.
Here's a knife handle:
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@Jolly What causes a burl? Weather event? Bugs? Other?
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@Jolly What causes a burl? Weather event? Bugs? Other?
@taiwan_girl said in How dry I am...:
@Jolly What causes a burl? Weather event? Bugs? Other?
IIRC, any injury to the tree can cause a burl.
Depending on the wood, they can be notoriously difficult to work because of the grain running any which way.
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Interesting.
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Think of a burl as being a "super knot."
With a power tool, you can probably get through it with no problem.
With a hand tool, a chisel, or particularly a hand plane, it'll catch and tear, potentially ruining the piece. With close-grained woods (mahogany, maple) it's not as big a problem as it is with open-grained woods (oak, walnut).
