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.................................................MZ103, $30.00 + $13.65 to ship = $43.65 total. Manzanita burl cap. It will measure about 4 x 8 x 10". I hit it a few licks with my planer...so..planer tracks will happen. : ) Lots of misted pics..one dry. The color and figure will put your eye out. ; ) Pics show all sides. Note some charred wood....not a bad thing as the transition from black chat to red heartwood is really pretty.
pending on FB....MZ185, $30.00 + $14.00 to ship = $44.00 total. Manzanita burl cap with one cut side. It will measure about 5 x 8 x 10". I hit it a few licks with my planer...so..planer tracks will happen. : ) Lots of misted pics..one dry. The color and figure will put your eye out. ; ) Pics show all sides. Note some charred wood....not a bad thing as the transition from black chat to red heartwood is really pretty.
Here are a few pics of the fresh burls below. Takes a lot of work to get from the dirt to you....totally worth it though. Finding a nice manzanita is like finding a beautiful red ruby. Great fun but I also enjoy seeing what you guys can make out of them. Below pieces were in the ground on 4/3/17.
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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