An Amazing White Cedar Burl
I get some unusual burls and this one is worthy of a story. The image below shows a 2 ft diameter white cedar burl with impressively...
Large Elm Crotch Bowl
I was given a large piece of crotch wood from a stately American elm tree that was recently cut down in Grand Marais, Minnesota, to make...
Turning a Black Walnut Crotch
Black walnut wood is beautiful but it does not grow in northern Minnesota where I live. A friend brought me some from the Minneapolis...
White Cedar Burl with Chatoyance
I recently turned a white cedar burl that came from the Lake Superior area. The burl is shown as the first image in the gallery below. It...
Turning a large Gnarly White Cedar Burl
This project started with a 20" diameter white cedar burl that had wonderful thick bark. Click on an image below and scroll through the...
An Interesting End Grain Turning of a Buckthorn Crotch
I turned a small buckthorn crotch along the axis of the log, or end grain, to give an unusual bowl shape, and to hopefully show the...
Buckthorn Crotch
A friend brought me some European Buckthorn to see how it turns. I have wanted some of this wood for some time but it is difficult...
Turning a 300 pound Cherry Burl
It is not every day that a person stops by my shop with a large burl. This cherry burl was about 2 ft in diameter and very heavy. I cut...
Sugar Maple Burl Turned End-Grain
I have been working on a sugar maple burl provided by a logger in Grand Marais, MN. The burl wrapped part way around a 10" diameter log....
A Second Grand Marais Elm Bowl
This post is a follow-up to the previous blog post. I decided that I could turn a second bowl from that large piece of the elm crotch I...
