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Now that I know there is an interest in them,I'll cut em off and save them .Fact is I have dead white oak I'm going to drop this winter that has a couple .We shall see what we shall see . Now tell me ,does a person paint them with anchor seal or just let them dry of their own accord ?

I did have some itty bitty burls about the size of a cantalope . They may be out in my shop with the rough sawn lumber or I could have burned them .Never thought about using them for a bowl or something ,duh .

That's the difference in people .I could likely be able to set the gearing up for turning much easier than the manual manipulation of a hand held tool . Yes I do beileve it was Holtzapfel which I believe was German .However there was one made in NY City Ny ,perhaps the rose ,I forgot the actual...

There was a very rare lathe that was built strictly for artistic type stuff ,made about 1880-1890 . People used to have parties or social events watching very skilled artisens[sp] doing their work on those amazing machines . Those things are rare as a hens tooth and worth a kings ransom . This...

Now that right there is an example of exactly what I meant .Super excellant work ,outstanding . Now I can make a gear on an engine lathe,turn things in the shape of a trailer ball or put threads on a darning needle .Danged if I would have the patience to do that kind of work .

Wood turners like burls .These guys or gals can turn them into a work of art .They may spend weeks turning a jug,vase ,whatever which they cannot visually see what they are cutting on a lathe . I'm not too shabby on a metal lathe but that type stuff those folks do is way beyond my league .

I don't beans from apple butter about a hurl,burl whatever .What I do know is that some extremely interesting inlays can be made of the stuff . I'll bet it's a real chore to work with though . I can well imagine it fetchs a kingly price because of it's rarity .I know figured wood does but...