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If the burl has started from just one epicormic bud ( eye? what do you call them) it will start as a point somewhere and grow bigger spreading outwards. If you cut it through from the center of the tree out, it'll look like a conus. In that case, just cutting it off at the surface of the tree...

It is a good idea to coat the cut side with anchorseal. Real burl doesn't crack much when drying, because of the intertwined caracter of the grain, whereas nurl in some cases will become full of cracks and pretty much worthless when left to dry. I just throw my burls in the "burlshed" and wait...

What a pity we have an ocean between us. Otherwise we might have worked something out.

The really amazing thing about redwood burl is that they are so big, that the grain figuring can get amazingly regular. In a burl like the cherry burl above ( which by the way, would make a fantastic bowl) the grain runs helter skelter, in a large redwood burl it can get totally even over the...

What you are thinking of is a so called Rose engine or ornamental lathe. The most famous ones are the Holtzapfel lathes. They are worth small fortunes today. Ornamental turning has become quite popular again in recent years, but I lack the patience for that.

Nope, just years of practise. Do it enough times and you get a feel for wall thickness, that allowes you to make thin walled objekts without cutting through the side. Mind you, I still run through the wall occasionally. That particular bowl made it into an american book called: 500 wooden bowls...

Thanks for the kind words. If you check my Woodturning homepage www.tolstruptrae.dk You'll find some examples of burl and nurl work.