Here are pics of some of the ground where I found a few of the burl offered below. It's not always this flat. : (
sold...........MZ40 $40.00 plus $17.60 to ship = $57.60 total. Manzanita whole burl. Pressure washed so it's fairly clean, especially on the rough/gnarly side. It's pretty heavy...indicates solid wood inside. Color on end is nice, should be a nice turning pieces especially if "resined" on the rough side. It will fit in a medium flat rate box. Dry and misted pics show all sides.
soldka.MZ27 $30.00 plus $17.60 to ship = $47.60 total. Manzanita whole burl pieces. No real measurements....too many angles. Figures on the square should help. These will fill a medium flat rate box. They are dry and ready to work. Dry and misted pics show all sides. This is the type wood that I use when cutting my manzanita casting "end" pieces. Cross cut these into 7/8" cookies, then crosscut those to make 7/8 x 7/8 x varying lengths.
soldfbmh..............................MZ37 $28.00 plus 10.60 to ship = $38.60 total. Manzanita burl half. A really great little chunk o' wood. Note center is really solid. There would be pen blanks in there worth more than $28.00 but as a turning piece it could be stellar. My vision is to make the flat side the bottom. Hollow down from the "top"...the rough side and stop when you're ready. : ) Either leave some rough natural edge or do something else. Dry and misted pics show all sides. The sapwood is soft but not punky. It survived a 3000 PSI pressure washer. : ) It'll fit in a flat rate envelope..$10.60.
sold...........mh....MZ38 $28.00 plus 10.60 to ship = $38.60 total. Manzanita burl half. A really great little chunk o' wood. Note center is really solid. There would be pen blanks in there worth more than $28.00 but as a turning piece it could be stellar. My vision is to make the flat side the bottom. Hollow down from the "top"...the rough side and stop when you're ready. : ) Either leave some rough natural edge or do something else. Dry and misted pics show all sides. The sapwood is soft but not punky. It survived a 3000 PSI pressure washer. : ) It'll fit in a flat rate envelope..$10.60.
soldrw...........MZ32 $35.00 plus $10.60 to ship = $45.60. Manzanita burl slabs. Dry wood, all I could get in a flat rate envelope. Measurements/thickness in the pics. Dry and misted pics show both sides. There's some really nice wood in these.
pendingbm525.............MZ33 $30.00 plus $10.60 to ship = $40.60. Manzanita burl slabs. Dry wood, all I could get in a flat rate envelope. Measurements/thickness in the pics. Dry and misted pics show both sides. Note, the "best" side shows in first pics.
Pendingpbr524..............MZ34 $35.00 plus 17.60 to ship = $52.60. Manzanita burl slabs. Dry wood, a medium flat rate box full. Measurements/thickness in the pics. Dry and misted pics show all sides.
It never fails guys, a new bandsaw blade is a rock/nail/anything hard magnet....I'm sure many of you would agree. I dulled a fair bandsaw blade on his piece. Put a brand new one on and cut in a different place. Managed to dead center the rock in the pic. I love/hate manzanita. ; )
Random pics of my "day job" and gathering burl as I go. Sort of the best of both worlds.
Here's what can happen when playing with manzanita......it ain't pretty. A fairly new bandsaw blade passed from this life to where ever old blades go. Gray volcanic rock, very hard, wins every time. Was gonna try and wear my way through the cut...didn't happen.
Hey guys, here's what manzanita burl looks like after a fire and after being mauled by me a bit. Lots of work between now and a pen blank. I did get this one home...weighed about 40 lbs.
Here are a few little pieces I turned out of some gnarly, void filled, burned, ant hole ridden, (you get the idea) chunks of manzanita. There is some beautiful color and turnings that come out of that stuff. I'm gonna try and get a few chunks posted here before too long....thinking about 5 bucks per piece. Takes a lot of time/effort to get a big manz. whacked into submission. ; )
Hi guys....a little project to show what's inside those ugly little burned manzanita burls. : ) I love that stuff. Very few burls have the fire you'll find in manzanita. The turning is just a "rounded" thing....not exactly sure what to call it other than it has a depression in the top....not a bowl/cup/hollow form....just a depression. Bottom pic shows the tool I used to make the "texturing".....a great tool mounted on an angle grinder. It's made by Sir Lancelot....14 tooth replaceable round ground chain. Easy to sharpen....I do that a lot on manzanita. A chore but worth it. I'm just posting this for informational purposes, maybe you'd like to give the burned stuff a try. Got a few above that are partially burned.
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