Here are pics of some of the ground where I found a few of the burl offered below. It's not always this flat. : (
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. ; )
soldtokk..........MZ48, $50.00 + $22.00 to ship = $72.00 total. Manzanita burl cap. Beautiful color, firm but starting to weather sapwood. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well. There are a few holes in this one, look for the "Sharpie" in some of them. Note this is a large piece that barely fits a large flat rate box, 5 1/2 x 12 x 12".
soldtokk..............MZ49, $50.00 + $22.00 to ship = $72.00 total. Manzanita burl cap. Beautiful color, firm but starting to weather sapwood. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well. There are a few holes in this one, look for the "Sharpie" in some of them. Note this is a large piece that barely fits a large flat rate box, 5 1/2 x 12 x 12".
MZ41, $35.00 + $15.50 to ship = $50.50 total. Manzanita whole burl for turning. Note it has one really rough looking face. It had natural edge on that side with some rotten rind. The rind came off and exposed the rough side. Note the good wood right under the surface. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well.
MZ42, $35.00 + $15.50 to ship = $50.50 total. Manzanita burl cap on the left, and another chunk to fill the box. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well. The cap is only 3 1/2" thick, very gnarly with holes....might make a pretty resin platter.
sold..............................MZ46, $38.00 + $15.50 to ship = $53.50 total. Large manzanita burl cap. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well. Caps like this make really nice display pieces. Easy to level them up for legs. Put the flat side down on your drill press, drill three holes equal depth, two on one end, one on the other.....using measurement on your press as a gauge. That make them all the same depth. Three holes take out any "wobble".
sold............MZ47, $45.00 + $15.50 to ship = $60.50 total. Large manzanita burl slab. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. Lots of pics show it pretty well. Lots of good wood in this slab but it would make a great display piece. Or....make a shallow bowl out of it...leave the edges natural. Have seen them like that...very pretty.
pending on rr415...................MZ117, $25+ $8.40 to ship = $33.40 total. Manzanita burl thinwood. These are 1/4" thick. They could make some great coasters/phone backs/etc. Dry and misted pics. I only misted a few of them as I don't like to wet dry wood.
pendingonpbr319...........MZ90, $32.00 + $15.50 to ship = $47.50 total. Three manzanita burl pieces/chunks. All have at least one flat edge to make it easy to resaw on your bandsaw. Dry and ready to work. Note some really nice color and natural edges. These will all fit in a medium flat rate box....enough room at the top to add a few extra pieces......I never let a flat rate box ship with extra space. : ) Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. They may have voids/holes/etc. Gotta include that disclaimer for the "new" manzanita guys. : ) Lots of pics show them pretty well.
sold to KK...........MZ18, $45.00 + $15.00 to ship = $60.00 total. Manzanita burl cap. Lots of solid wood but not dry. It has been out of the ground for over one year but manzanita dries slowly. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. It may have voids/holes/etc. Gotta include that disclaimer for the "new" manzanita guys. : ) Lots of pics show it pretty well. Burl is turned 90 degrees for each pic.
sold to KK............MZ19, $35.00 + $15.00 to ship = $50.00 total. Manzanita burl cap. Lots of solid wood but not dry. It has been out of the ground for over one year but manzanita dries slowly. Dimensions in the dry and misted pics. It may have voids/holes/etc. Gotta include that disclaimer for the "new" manzanita guys. : ) Lots of pics show it pretty well. Burl is turned 90 degrees for each pic.
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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