I have lucked into an English Walnut stem. It's about 27" on the bottom and it widens out to about 3 feet in the center wide spot. This is a yard tree and the wide spot may be a graft joint.
The center wide spot has a burl sticking out about 12-15 inches from the stem and is about 18-24 inches long where it connects with the stem.
One side of the stem has a lot of smaller burly knots along it.
Is there any way to go about slicing this stem to give the best use of the burl?
Any suggestions for slice thickness or uses for burl slices?
As my luck usually goes, two of the main limbs off the crown were cut off a long time ago. One is rotted and there is rot in the center of the stem at the base - maybe one third of the diameter in the center extending up may be 1-2 feet up or so it looks.
I will be finding some rot and will find out just how much when I slice it. It looks like I will cut it tomorrow on Sunday.
Any advice or suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Old Blue
Where they are gonna find a way to tax hobby milling as soon as they find out about it. In..................
Kali-bone-ya
The center wide spot has a burl sticking out about 12-15 inches from the stem and is about 18-24 inches long where it connects with the stem.
One side of the stem has a lot of smaller burly knots along it.
Is there any way to go about slicing this stem to give the best use of the burl?
Any suggestions for slice thickness or uses for burl slices?
As my luck usually goes, two of the main limbs off the crown were cut off a long time ago. One is rotted and there is rot in the center of the stem at the base - maybe one third of the diameter in the center extending up may be 1-2 feet up or so it looks.
I will be finding some rot and will find out just how much when I slice it. It looks like I will cut it tomorrow on Sunday.
Any advice or suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Old Blue
Where they are gonna find a way to tax hobby milling as soon as they find out about it. In..................
Kali-bone-ya