ebrown7780
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A friend just gave me several slabs of cherry burl. Before I just start turning it I need to know if it needs to be stabilized and if so what how is the best way?
Stabilizing cherry burl
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jbswearingen
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If there are no voids, then no, you don't need to. Stabilizing will make it easier, but you need Cactus Juice, a vacuum pump and a vacuum chamber (or Bell jar), and an oven.
You can find somebody here to send them to for a fee to be stabilized.
You can turn them as is, just cut lightly with a very sharp tool. Cut about 1/32" proud of final thickness and sand to finish it.
You can find somebody here to send them to for a fee to be stabilized.
You can turn them as is, just cut lightly with a very sharp tool. Cut about 1/32" proud of final thickness and sand to finish it.
Camoboy91
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I do stabilizing if you are interested. PM me
Thanks Zachary
Thanks Zachary
crabcreekind
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You also have to remember that the burl has to be bone dry. Or else it will not stabilize
Two different schools of thought on burls and stabilizing. One school is that usually, burls are hard as a rock anyway. Unless they are punky, why bother? The other school says that since the grain is everywhere on a burl and can be prone to blow outs, stabilizing help maintain the structure. Pick your poison. Cut a blank from one, stabilize it and turn them both...see what you like!
mikespenturningz
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I have done a bit of stabilization but I don't unnecessarily stabilize wood. If a wood seems to be solid and substantial as most of the cherry burl that I have turned seems to be I would not stabilize it. Now if it is spalted and punky that is a different story. I also cook my wood before I stabilize it at 125 or so for a day of so.