This beautiful buckeye burl is a great choice for wood turning.
What is buckeye burl wood.
Some of the obstacles faced when milling are rocks sand dirt bullets and rattle snakes.
Maple burl redwood burl buckeye burl curly redwood burl myrtlewood burl and black walnut burl.
Ambers and other colors sometimes also occur.
Buckeye has a fine even texture.
As of november 2019 it has lost half of its moisture.
The sapwood in our buckeye burl tends to be creamy yellowish or somewhat darker and the heartwood is white to blueish gray a most desirable color.
Buckeye burl is one of our most dramatic woods.
Burl wood can be found in many tree species and is used in making furniture.
The wood is somewhat unstable when drying and usually cracks and distorts quite a lot.
Golden blue colors blend with burl eyes to yield distinctive woodworking projects.
These burls are all native to the west coast of the united states.
Our burl slabs by species are band saw cut air dried and can be purchased as a slab or cut to your specifications.
Colors range from blue black to golden whites with a nice mixture in between.
Burls result in a uniquely patterned wood which is highly prized for its beauty.
We recommend twice turning for best results.
Our facility produces birdseye maple lumber curly maple tiger maple lumber and we stock over 70 species of exotic wood.
Buckeye burl is highly prized for the beautiful pattern of burl eyes swirls and other figure.
Can have grayish streaks.
I am a believer that god made this wood for.
Buckeye burl aesculus californica is an unusual species.
Burlwood is a company that sells high quality figured burl wood such as buckeye burl redwood burl and maple burl.
Burl wood is very hard to work with hand tools or on a lathe because its grain is twisted and interlocked causing it to chip and shatter unpredictably.
Burlwood has been selling high quality burl for 35 years in six different domestic species.
Yes rattle snakes inside the voids.
Buckeye burl can feature reddish brown knots with light to dark gray swirls of discoloring see pictures below.
Buckeye burl is a soft lightweight wood with a fine grain that works well with hand tools.
The quality of our buckeye burl redwood burl and maple burl is extremely competitive.
Burl wood is the wood that is harvested from that growth and it holds hidden treasures of unusual design.
Grain tends to be straight or slightly interlocked.
It is valued and sought after by artists furniture makers and sculptors.
Buckeye is a very difficult and expensive wood to mill.
Freshly cut in october 2019 and completely wax sealed buckeye dries very quickly easily.
Buckeye burl lumber turning wood hobby wood and instrument wood.
I am highly experienced at cutting and processing each piece of burl to achieve the highest quality of figure.