Walnut Burl

[jefflovstrom]

Wow!
Jeff

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

That is some good cutting, I do worse with my Alaskan Mill.

 

[7oaks]

That is some good cutting, I do worse with my Alaskan Mill.

Yeah he is impressive!

 

[sgreanbeans]

Yeah, that was cool! Would be interested to learn more about how he sharpens those, can u elaborate?

 

[Toddppm]

That guy has some skills to cut those freehand and keep them so straight! That's the kind of guy that I'd want to hang out with as much as possible to soak up his knowledge.

 

[brookpederson]

Dose anyone know how figure or burls form?? I know some trees like maple, birch and walnut are more prone to it, and there are many different kinds. Like " birds eye, fiddle back, flame and pocking."
But I found a cottonwood tree at our local compost site that was completely full of " figure". Whoever took the tree down cut it into 24" rounds to lift by hand I guess, and dumped it all. I'm always on the lookout for treasure at the compost site weather it be firewood or saw logs for the sawmill, and I see these rounds with funny looking grain patterns.
4 truck loads we hauled out, all of it was fully figured. About 1400 board feet @ 20.00 to 30.00 a bf. Most of it we cut into turning chunks, then slabed the rest for table tops.
I will post some pics later today of some chunks and some pieces we have done.

 

[brookpederson]

Here ya go!
Cottonwood plater
Apple table table base w/ cottonwood table top
cottonwood vase

 

[buzz sawyer]

Very nice! Glad you saved that.

 

[7oaks]

Brook...
That is some absolutely beautiful wood and even more creative use of it. Absolutely beautiful. As Buzz stated - glad you saved it.

 

[7oaks]

Yeah, that was cool! Would be interested to learn more about how he sharpens those, can u elaborate?

For slabbing he uses a full skip chain with normal sharpening angles. He said he uses a full skip because it allows the wood chips to clear the bar faster.

On his cross cut chains he sharpens then with a 30 degree downward angle instead of the normal 30 degree upward angle. It makes the top edge of the tooth kinda concave. Very unusual. I've talked with a NW logger friend of mine who says he is familiar with that filing method and used it some out in Oregon.

That guy has some skills to cut those freehand and keep them so straight! That's the kind of guy that I'd want to hang out with as much as possible to soak up his knowledge.

:agree2: I wish I had more time with him. He does some beautiful custom furniture. He gets burls and other unusual wood from all over the states and some from So America.