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Oak burl

Hey Guys & Gals

I would like some advice on white oak burls. I have got my hands on a burl that is approximatlely 5 feet in diameter and over 12 feet in circumference. It bottomed out my truck springs before the loader had fully released it. We estimate at least a ton. The burl seems to be quite solid. I would like to sell it in one peice any ideas how much something like this would go for. Or would it be better to cut it up and sell it. This is new territory for me so all the help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I should have some jpegs next week if any one is interested in seeing it

Thanks

Peter snipped-for-privacy@cyberus.ca

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Peter
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Peter, I don't know where you are, but I am in western Oregon.I got my hands on some Oregon White Oak burl about 2 years ago. The tree was in the

200 year old range, and had been cut down by some guys who promised the owner big bucks for all of the burl on the tree. After cutting the tree down. they decided that the burl wasn't good for their uses. I got some chunks for turning. The burl was not solid, having a LOT of voids in it. You could not slab it up for lumber, but it made for some interesting 'art' pieces. It had so many voids, that I couldn't take cores from it, and the whole time turning it (especially the inside) you keep praying that it doesn't blow up. When you get done, you feel like you have worked a miracle. The customers who look at it wonder how you managed to turn it without it self destructing. I showed it to an arborist friend of mine, and he said that it was fairly typical of our white oak burl. It also had a lot of the boring beetle larve in it (I super glued a couple of them in place), I hope your's is more solid. The only way to find out is to lop some chunks off, and turn them. This burl was on the tree type, and not on the trunk/root part of the tree. robo hippy
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robo hippy

You might search ebay for completed auctions of the same type of material, to get an idea of value. Or just google (froogle) the web for oak burl or white oak burl.

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gpdewitt

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