burr oak offcuts- NOW WITH PICS

[cornucopia]

hello folks- a few weeks ago i visited my freindly tree surgeon and bought another couple of tonnes of beech to spalt- whilist i was there i also had a nosey around his log piles (as you do) there in the corner was some burr brown oak :shock: a price was agreed and i bought one of the logs- it was about 10' long by about 20-22" wide, it has been down for 4 years- the forest from which it came is extremley wet and apparentley this makes the oak grow very slowly- it is quercus robur-common english oak.

we had to cut it up into 5 parts to get it home and unfortunatley not all of the wood is brown oak but it is very intresting burr oak none the less-extremley heavy!!

I cut one of the 5 parts this week and have turned some of it today- from one part i got four 8" square cubes for hollow form blanks and a 18-20" bowl blank and a load of offcuts.

the reason for my ramblings is the offcuts there too small for me and wonderd wether they are of any intrest to anyone on here? its green but not soaking wet.

if anyone is intrested I will get some pics when the snow clears-

over the next couple of weeks there will be allot more as i intend to work my way through all of it.

 

[Anonymous]

might be able to find room for a couple of bits George... :wink:

 

[cornucopia]

:lol: Blimey I'm not sure if i've got a bit big enough for your sort of needs Graham :lol:

do you fancy picking it up one day? you never know i might even tempt you onto the vb!!

 

[wizer]

I'd love to have a play with some Burr when I get my lathe. What are the sizes?

 

[cornucopia]

they vary too much Tom- its just off cuts from chainsaw conversion so there not pretty but when i say off cuts they are quite big, one is about 20" long by 10" wide by 1" thick ish

I will get some pics soon- its very nice stuff

 

[Anonymous]

:lol: Blimey I'm not sure if i've got a bit big enough for your sort of needs Graham :lol:

do you fancy picking it up one day? you never know i might even tempt you onto the vb!!

Don't suppose blister has a snow plough he wants shut of :lol: :lol: :lol:

(just in case I can make it over to you... may I bring the dog? (getting a dog sitter is hell :roll: )

 

[cornucopia]

:lol: Blimey I'm not sure if i've got a bit big enough for your sort of needs Graham :lol:

do you fancy picking it up one day? you never know i might even tempt you onto the vb!!

Don't suppose blister has a snow plough he wants shut of :lol: :lol: :lol:

(just in case I can make it over to you... may I bring the dog? (getting a dog sitter is hell :roll: )

off course you can- me and my daughter love dogs the mother in law is also allergic to them so its a win win all round :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

(cheers George thanks for the first real laugh of the day)

 

[Tonygosc]

i love some too but im not sure how get :?
maybe a shared run for use southerners
TONY

 

[stevebuk]

would any of the inch thick bits be any good good for pens george? if so any chance you could post a couple of blanks, i'll pick up the tab.

 

[cornucopia]

would any of the inch thick bits be any good good for pens george? if so any chance you could post a couple of blanks, i'll pick up the tab.

i'm not sure steve- its very dense wood but the burr is big and open- I can post a coupe of bits to try- what size do you need the blanks to be?

 

[wizer]

I'm not sure what the stuff weighs but I'd be happy to pay for a courier for a chunk.

 

[Bodrighy]

Sometimes I almost (not quite though) regret moving back down to Cornwall.

Pete

 

[miles_hot]

I'm also interested and my father in law is in leics so could pop over at some time (not too soon though!).

Do you have any pics / prices etc?

Many thanks

Miles

 

[Blister]

:lol: Blimey I'm not sure if i've got a bit big enough for your sort of needs Graham :lol:

do you fancy picking it up one day? you never know i might even tempt you onto the vb!!

Don't suppose blister has a snow plough he wants shut of :lol: :lol: :lol:

(just in case I can make it over to you... may I bring the dog? (getting a dog sitter is hell :roll: )

Not for sale until summer :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[cornucopia]

heres some pics

heres two hollow forms which i made yesterday- there still wet but eventually they will have a satin oil finish.









heres the three biggest offcuts which have come from the first of 5 parts to be done- they are about 18" long by 8-10" wide and 1-3" thick (vary because of the burr) they weigh about 2-3 kg each







heres one of the 4 remaining sections

 

[Paul.J]

Couple of nice hollows George
I recognise that carving :wink:
The Oak looks gorgeous.

 

[wizer]

George if you don't mind shipping them then I'll take a couple of biggish bits. I will obviously pay all costs.

 

[greggy]

george, that oak burr will make some great looking pens. if you still have some left, 1 inch square and 6 inches long would be fantastic please. i like steve will pick up the cost.

 

[cornucopia]

greggy & steve: you are more than welcome to have a couple of pen blanks each but the wood is green so you wouldint want to cut it to size now and i have a chainsaw only so i cannot cut pen blanks- but if you have a bandsaw and want a chunk big enough to get some blanks from i will work out a p&p price for you- just let me know

wizer/tom I will do some weighing and work out a price of p&p any idea of how much wood you would like? or does that depend on price?

so far the only confirmed wood which i spoken for is for graham and that will only be a small offcut knowing graham- but there will be allot more in the next couple of weeks- these pics are only offcuts from one log remember.