robutacion
Member
Hi folks,
Every so often, I get asked to turn something and this time, was a burl part of 3 burls this fellow brought to me, nearly 1 1/2 years ago.
I have made 3 burl pieces for this same person but this time, and after so long having the burls here without any use, I decided to contact the owner and find out what he had in mind form these 3 burls.
He didn't seem to have a plan for them so, I asked him if he would sell them to me as I could do with some more burl wood for my larger Resifill blanks I'm making. I was surprised when he said "pick one of the 3 and turn it for me, you can have the other 2 as payment...!"
Well, that was suiting me to the ground so, cut the 2 burls into pieces so that I could stabilized them first and, was time for me to get my cobwebs off the wood turning tools.
I actually done most of the turning on Monday evening, sanded it yesterday and manage to get a couple of coats of Floorseal in it, before I went to bed.
I was expecting that the 2 coasts was enough, the wood is dense and was fine sanded so, that made it look OK with only the 2 coats. About lunch time today (24/06/2015), I took some pics of this piece and brought it inside the house, not so much for protection but more to utilize the warmth of the house from the fireplace going, is damn cold and wet, outside this time of the year, here...!:frown:
So, here it is, I can remember what the abbreviation here on the burls back, I know one was Yok the other Rem and this one, I forgot, I'm not that familiar with all the names of the Australia burls, I rarely work with them so, if you know what the burl species is, you are most welcome to share that with us.
I could try to find out but, why bother...??? it won't make any difference, huh...???:wink::biggrin:
I hope you like it, the wife Merissa, did try to claim it but, I was faster than her and told her that I was coming to the house with the latest turning I done but that, already had an owner...!
You're welcome to comment...!
Cheers
George
Every so often, I get asked to turn something and this time, was a burl part of 3 burls this fellow brought to me, nearly 1 1/2 years ago.
I have made 3 burl pieces for this same person but this time, and after so long having the burls here without any use, I decided to contact the owner and find out what he had in mind form these 3 burls.
He didn't seem to have a plan for them so, I asked him if he would sell them to me as I could do with some more burl wood for my larger Resifill blanks I'm making. I was surprised when he said "pick one of the 3 and turn it for me, you can have the other 2 as payment...!"
Well, that was suiting me to the ground so, cut the 2 burls into pieces so that I could stabilized them first and, was time for me to get my cobwebs off the wood turning tools.
I actually done most of the turning on Monday evening, sanded it yesterday and manage to get a couple of coats of Floorseal in it, before I went to bed.
I was expecting that the 2 coasts was enough, the wood is dense and was fine sanded so, that made it look OK with only the 2 coats. About lunch time today (24/06/2015), I took some pics of this piece and brought it inside the house, not so much for protection but more to utilize the warmth of the house from the fireplace going, is damn cold and wet, outside this time of the year, here...!:frown:
So, here it is, I can remember what the abbreviation here on the burls back, I know one was Yok the other Rem and this one, I forgot, I'm not that familiar with all the names of the Australia burls, I rarely work with them so, if you know what the burl species is, you are most welcome to share that with us.
I could try to find out but, why bother...??? it won't make any difference, huh...???:wink::biggrin:
I hope you like it, the wife Merissa, did try to claim it but, I was faster than her and told her that I was coming to the house with the latest turning I done but that, already had an owner...!
You're welcome to comment...!
Cheers
George
