Went back to the south coast again for the Australia Day long weekend.
Spent half a day making an Aux Oiler so we could tackle some dry hardwood.
First cab off the rank was this small Sheoak with 3 burls about 90 degrees apart all around the base. The rest was pretty scrappy but we kept in on so we had something to handle.
So, with the log laying down and looking at it from the bottom, a 15" diam burl poking upwards at 12 o'clock was cut off in one pieced for a wood turner friend of ours. The next burl was sticking out at 9 o'clock and the plan was to slab this burl as part of the log for use as small feature panels in a grandfather clock. The remaining smaller (10" diam) burl pointing down at 6 o'clock was mine which I have kept whole do use in wood work tool making
Here the top burl has been cut off and we are part way through the 9 o'clock burl.
Here are a couple of other shots.
Spent half a day making an Aux Oiler so we could tackle some dry hardwood.
First cab off the rank was this small Sheoak with 3 burls about 90 degrees apart all around the base. The rest was pretty scrappy but we kept in on so we had something to handle.
So, with the log laying down and looking at it from the bottom, a 15" diam burl poking upwards at 12 o'clock was cut off in one pieced for a wood turner friend of ours. The next burl was sticking out at 9 o'clock and the plan was to slab this burl as part of the log for use as small feature panels in a grandfather clock. The remaining smaller (10" diam) burl pointing down at 6 o'clock was mine which I have kept whole do use in wood work tool making
Here the top burl has been cut off and we are part way through the 9 o'clock burl.
Here are a couple of other shots.
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