Displaced Canadian
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I'm looking for a piece of wood, I'm guessing a burl that looks like stone. Any ideas? My wife won't let me cut a chunk off the corian countertop and I would rather use wood.
Wood that looks like stone
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workinforwood
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I can't believe she won't let you just hack off a chunk of counter! How can you bear to live with such a selfish wife???:tongue::biggrin:
Displaced Canadian
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I'll let you have that conversation with her :biggrin: I once had my wife screaming,crying, down on her knees, begging. Finally she looked at me and said," Get out from under that bed you coward." 
:biggrin:
:biggrin:Allenk
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You asked for it.. (Big Grin here)
bitshird
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Jeff help a fellow displaced Canuck out, whack him off some of you kitchen counter and send it to him, your wife won't mind
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bitshird
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Some of Constant's new Buck Eye Burl looks quite a bit like stone, or there is always Tru Stone Marble. it looks nice, but Constant's stabilized BEB is great
witz1976
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See if there is a corian or countertop distributor or dealer near by who may let you take their cutoffs.
avbill
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boxelder burls
GaryMGg
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Rodney once had some Plum burl with obsidian inclusions; he said it was a piece found
near Mt. St. Helen's and was from the eruption.
It was difficult to turn; you had to wear a face mask.
Plum looks like black cherry so imagine black cherry burl with bits of black glass throughout.
near Mt. St. Helen's and was from the eruption.
It was difficult to turn; you had to wear a face mask.
Plum looks like black cherry so imagine black cherry burl with bits of black glass throughout.
propencity
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Rmartin
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Stone is such a general word. It's like asking for a blank that looks like wood. What type of stone are you looking for?
arkie
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Don't overlook the spalted woods. They may not have the swirls, but some of them resemble rock strata when turned and properly finished. First question in my book is - what color?
Displaced Canadian
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Going more for texture than color. I think I may try buckeye burl.
That's ok, Corian is too hard to drill anyway...and ya need to glue up your blanks if you want to do big pens in in.
avbill
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From Hut It's called Poly Pearl Golden Desert
workinforwood
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My counter top is just laminated, and I bet if I hacked off a piece my wife would be happy about it since she is looking for an excuse to replace it! Otherwise...I don't mess with redheads...their too intense.
That Burl that was being sold not too long ago, I think it was Cypress with all the blue's in it..that sure had a stone like look to it. I think that was Rodney selling that.
That Burl that was being sold not too long ago, I think it was Cypress with all the blue's in it..that sure had a stone like look to it. I think that was Rodney selling that.
andyk
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Why not try a Tru-Stone blank?
Oldwagon
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I have some corian that looks kind of like stone.
DurocShark
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There's always soapstone. Actual stone that looks like stone...
alawoodman
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Buckeye burl. I've had many people say my buckeye burl pens look like marble.