burls

[bowl-basher]

Hi all
on my last trip down to the family at Bodalla I was lucky to pick up some nice dry burls from the timber guy at Bodalla not to mention some serious stuff that I rescued from his scrap heap:D:D
the first one is a red gum burl cap and finished up 300 x100 high at the time of the pic it has had 5 coats of DO
the second one is a brown Mallee Burl and it sure gave the MC900 a good work out finished up 250x 100 also 5 coats of DO I will probably put 3-4 more coats on and buff in a week or so
can't wait to get back down and see what else I can scrounge
Bowl_Basher

[artme]

Seriously good burls BB.:2tsup::2tsup:

Nice bowls as a result of your hard work.

[Ad de Crom]

Graham, looking to the ferm grip on the gouge tells me it's pretty hard stuff to turn.
But the bowls are looking very well. Keep up your good work.
Ad :2tsup:

[Stef]

The Malley burl does it for me, spectacular.:2tsup:

[Rum Pig]

Nice very nice:2tsup::2tsup:

[Ed Reiss]

fair bit of work on those, BB ...lookin' good :2tsup:

[Ozkaban]

That brown malee with the bark inclusions is sensational!

You must be chuffed with the score :2tsup:

Cheers,
Dave

[Broda]

Is the brown mallee easier or harder to turn than red mallee?
I turned some red mallee today and it was like rocks!

[bowl-basher]

it turns a bit like concrete I use a home made roughing tool with a tool steel insert ground almost flat and aroun a 60 degree cutting angle a bit like a sharp scraper to rough out then finish with scrapers
Bowl-Basher

[Sawdust Maker]

Nice work :2tsup: