Thread: Flatening Burls- the Liogier way

Hi,
I was lucky enough to test a new liogier product a few weeks ago. A holiday and a health scare later i can finally report some finding. The reason i'm putting this in the general section and not hand tools is it seems to have only one really good purpose that i can find, although i know Claw Hamma and FenceFurniture have both had a use of it too so they may have more to add.

I've had this Redgum burl floating around the workshop for a while now. It just keeps getting moved from one spot to another. It was cut with a chainsaw mill and is a pretty good cut, is the same thickness all round and is just begging for something to be done with it. It about 500-600mm dia.

When i got a chance to try the new #1 rasp plate from liogier it was the first thing to spring into my mind. Short of a drum sander or super surfacer it was the easiest way i could think of to flatten the burl.

The thing cuts FAST and did a great job, going from roughsawn to flat in a matter of 1/2 an hour. There is some scratching, but nothing a scraper won't be able to remove quite quickly. There is some tear out in places, but the pic showing it is really zoomed in, and is not as bad as it looks. i should have put something there for scale.

The plate holder also received one bit of attention, it tended to come loose without much tension on it. I'm sure once bought to Neils attention it will be fixed. For now a Knurled brass locknut does the trick nicely.