Burl maple

Amboyna burl is a particularly expensive type of burl , much more than bigleaf maple burl , for example. It comes from padauk trees (Pterocarpus spp.) of Southeast Asia. Padauk trees are quite common but burl wood is rare. I have wet this piece to highlight grain, and color.

Burl wood may have Cracks, and Bark. Bigleaf maple burl is the most highly sought after for its bubbly wood grain pattern. These trees can grow up to 160′ tall and are native to the Pacific Northwest, found mostly near the Pacific coast. Because the pigment of maple wood burls is light in color compared to most other wood species, you have many options for finishing your wood pieces. Whether you prefer to to maintain the natural tone of the woo or use a darker stain or oil, or apply lacquer for a more highly polished appearance, is completely up to you.

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LATIN: ACER SACCHARUM ORIGIN: NORTH AMERICA The hard maple is the state tree of Wisconsin, Vermont, New York and West Virginia. In the North, during the cold nights and warm days of late winter, the sugar maple is tapped for its sucrose-containing sap, the source of maple syrup. Spalted wood may have Soft Spots. I am highly experienced at cutting and processing each piece of burl to achieve the highest quality of figure.

Return to Master Grade Gallery Home. You searched for: maple wood burl ! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. No matter what you’re looking for or where you are in the worl our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. A layered burl is the result of an injury to the tree.

That might be a frost split (caused by a sharp frost when the sap is already running), very common on maples, physical damage done the tree or a broken off branch that the tree grows over to protect itself. I just received a piece of maple burl wood from a clear cut project that has burl wood all the way around the trunk and looks like a basketball has been pierced by the tree. Post I have a beech tree burl.

Fill Your Cart With Color today! Simply Search a Name and State. The maple is a hard woo and therefore it will be susceptible to twisting a bit while drying if not cared for properly. It has a uniform color with dramatic figure representing large eyes.

Popular for pool cues an other turnery, this wood machines and finishes well. It is fairly rare wood and somewhat difficult to work. An why so rare and beautiful? It is a disruption of the normal cellular growth. Burls are abnormal growths on a tree.

A reaction to a stress on the tree. That can be a physical, environmental or invasive stress. The burl is fast growing and presents itself as a bump on the side of the tree.

Handmade Wood Gifts are a variety of items I make using burl and other figured woods Happy New Year to everyone. I am hoping that this year will bring you happiness, good health and prosperity. Sold by the pound in 5lbs Minimum purchase. Stabilizing is a process that impregnates the burl with resins and renders it into an ideal turning blank. Choose from our unique selection of exotic wood burls and natural edge slabs from all over the world!

Our extensive selection of natural edged slabs can help you create your own unique, natural works of art. Next to his article was a report detailing several Massachusetts burl thefts, including one where arboreal bandits climbed feet into a “very old sugar maple ” to steal two burls from either side of the trunk. The famous birdseye maple superficially resembles the wood of a burl but is something else entirely. The maple burl scales I received with my drop point knife kit order were nicely figured. These scales take on nice finish which should add to their durability.

A special find saved from a forest road clearing project near our Gallery. These are only partially air dried in our coastal climate. We various burls come and go all the time from our warehouse, from full burls , to slabs down to turning blocks and pen blanks we can custom mill to suit your needs. Many of these unique burls are hidden within the tree’s root system.

These hidden treasures can have a variety of patterns such as lace redwoo birds-eye maple , redwood burl , curly redwoo marbling or black walnut curl.