Willow Tree full of burls

[gimpy]

Good day, I had a gentleman call me last night and he has a willow tree full of burls, he is not sure what to do with it, any one have any ideas..

 

[VotTak]

:biggrin:
a lot of pen blanks are there

 

[SDB777]

Cut it the rest of the way down before someone has an accident walking by it....but seriously, Willow burls that I've had the opportunity of seeing here in central Arkansas are on the 'open eyes' type, with a lot of 'timber' between the 'eyes'(if that makes sense).

This time of year, there is probably going to be quite a bit of moisture in the wood. The timber itself is very 'stringy', and not much fun to turn(JMHO). A lot of people like to stabilize the stuff just to 'not have to deal with sanding' the strings....

The wood is friendly for carving though...spoons, forks, and such.





Scott (is it dark heartwood?) B

 

[Karl_99]

This is something NittanyLion should check out...

 

[stonepecker]

I would love to have a few burls. Even the small ones would be fun to play with.

 

[CREID]

Good day, I had a gentleman call me last night and he has a willow tree full of burls, he is not sure what to do with it, any one have any ideas..

Kill IT!

 

[NittanyLion]

Looks just like one I have cut from. Willow Burl in Pennsylvania is actually great to turn. It's soft, has an orange tint, and a wide array of figure. I've never had any that was stringy. It will likely need stabilized or some CA to harden it up. See:

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f18/name-burl-118497/

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/aeros-willow-burl-111647/

 

[robutacion]

Good day, I had a gentleman call me last night and he has a willow tree full of burls, he is not sure what to do with it, any one have any ideas..

From what I can see from the picture, this is an Tortuosa/Corkscrew Willow with the usual burls around the trunk/base.

These particular tree branches when dried, are use by most florists to make dry flower arrangements, and also to dye in various colours and create all sorts of arrangements, the twisted shape of the fine branches, is what gave it its name (corkscrew/Tortuosa) that mean "tortured" as twisted/curved/rolled out, etc...!

I only wish I was closer, you would have no troubles in finding out what you can do with it...!

Cheers
George