All About Wood Burls Including the Crime Scene Connection

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11 ай бұрын

A wise old woodworker once told me that wood burls were the gemstones of woodworking because they were hard to find, beautiful to look at and each one is unique, and I have come to believe him because I have only stumbled upon a few burls in my lifetime and I want to fully use each one of them. Burls are highly sought after by wood turners for bowls, pen blanks and more, but for furniture makers, the most sought after (and probably most expensive) wood is burl wood, and most of that comes from Burl Veneers, where we can get the most coverage with the lease amount of waste. But there are other things we can use burl wood for, like door and drawer pulls, inlays on guitars and other musical instruments, highlights and a details on all kinds of furniture with inlays like leaves, flowers, birds or even strips of burl for edging or facing boxes like jewelry boxes all made from thin burl pieces, but somehow I think there must be more and I am looking for ideas and thoughts on using burl wood and would love to hear other peoples ideas and suggestion in the comment section.
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@Erik_The_Viking 11 ай бұрын

Bentley uses burls as part of their car interiors - they make thin veneers from them and it's a really cool process.

@firemandaveontheroad996 11 ай бұрын

Carve a bust of Burl Ives😂

@valeriezendiver263 11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Toyotajunkie 11 ай бұрын

I get it! 😂

@mg4695 11 ай бұрын

The first thing that popped into my mind when you shared the long burled piece was "hat rack".

@ThePuppymomma 11 ай бұрын

The small galls like the one that you cut in half, sliced up, would make beautiful pendants. I would be honored to wear something like that. I love trees.

@valeriezendiver263 11 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@shanesowell4124 11 ай бұрын

Uses for the galls? Pen making! Personally, burls and galls are for wooden works of art and should be cherished, not for things that will potentially get beaten up like cutting boards (unless they are hung and appreciated as such). Thanks for another great video Colin! Hope those miscreants get some serious jail time.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Great point!

@garymiller5937 11 ай бұрын

Those burls are amazing. Thanks for sharing them with us Collin. 😊 I'm sure whatever you decide to make with them they'll be gorgeous! 😊😊😊

@MCsCreations 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for the lesson, Colin! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@RYwoodview 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Colin, for a terrifically educational video! Whatever you do with those pieces will turn out beautiful.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback

@JeffCloutier 10 ай бұрын

Fascinating! My neighbor has an evergreen of some type, with tons of this. I can't wait to dig into this more! Yes, guitar knobs and drawer pulls, I will let you know if I can think of anything else. Love your content Colin!

@jamesbusie7237 11 ай бұрын

I use them for knife scales! They really emphasize the unique look of the grain - also: ink pens, bottle stoppers, pool cue sticks.

@kayakncamping 2 ай бұрын

Knife scales! Brilliant! I've got a smaller maple burl that I've been wondering what to do with.

@sapelesteve 11 ай бұрын

Those Burls are fantastic Colin. I would suggest making a cutting board with a handle on one end that can be hung on the wall while not in use. You could make a walking stick out of that long one. 👍👍

@jakewoodworkingKH 11 ай бұрын

Wow, look are amazing, Thanks you for sharing

@garytompkins3761 11 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, find a bowl turner. Burls are highly prized and often quite expensive. They make beautiful and interesting turnings

@skipanardoross6805 11 ай бұрын

Great video, Colin.

@SomeDudeOnline 11 ай бұрын

5:12 the first thing that comes to mind for me is to cut them all off, clean them up then pack them tightly in a mold that you fill with epoxy (probably a dark epoxy to contrast the light from the pine) to make a cutting/charcuterie board or something. Should look amazing after surfacing the "board" to expose all the different grains in all the different burls. As for slightly larger galls, I've managed to make a couple rings from on that's almost the same exact size of the example around 02:00. For larger but not huge burls, you can bottle openers or some gorgeous chess pieces. Something that doesn't involve lathe work, I would think knife handles, pistol grips, or coasters would be a good use for them.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

That's some good ideas, I like that

@peterdahl8811 11 ай бұрын

my immediate thought when you unveiled the purchased burl was ... perfect for an end table!

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Hmm, that would work, thanks for the suggestion Peter

@valeriezendiver263 11 ай бұрын

Really interesting, thanks for posting. As far as projects, I’d cut off a slice, sand & oil, and hang it in the wall as art. They’re like geodes!

@stephenrlee 11 ай бұрын

Great video, even learned a few new things about burls!

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Cool, Thanks Steve !

@googleuser3553 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Please show us your drawer pulls when you finish them. For your burls, I think I'd slice them and inlay them into table tops. They're just gorgeous. Also, what I thought I had was a burl is a gall, but I'm still going to try slicing it and use it if it's interesting enough inside. Shame on the person who burned that huge burl. Thanks Colin.

@MasonWiseman 11 ай бұрын

If you cut off layers, each layer could be used to make a neat looking map of some sort. Doesn't have to be a real map of anything, but I noticed the swirling patters kind of look like waterways or topographical land masses. Could look pretty cool.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I did think about cutting the layer, but not the map idea .. thanks!

@derekloudon8731 11 ай бұрын

I would use the burl you bought as an interesting addition to my model railway. I would carefully remove all the little bits of bark that are left and oil the burl to bring out the beautiful patterns. I would then use it as a hillside. Cool!

@brentfowler2317 10 ай бұрын

I think building a smaller jewelry box. Something maybe 12 to 14 inches tall. Out of some plain wood (something without as much busy looking grain), maybe Maple, or even Pine, or Poplar, or even Ash. Although, Pine and Poplar are pretty soft woods, so idk if I would be building a jewelry box for anyone under the age of 20yr old out of a softer wood. But the choice is yours. You could even do 1/2" plywood and then use the burl to make drawer faces for the jewelry box. 12" tall box, maybe 6" to 8" wide. And do, maybe 5 or 6 drawers with drawer faces made from the burl wood! Anyhow awesome video Collin!! And as usual great work. Can't wait to see what's next! Keep making these great and very informative woodworking videos my friend! And until next time take it easy Collin.

@trailblazer64 11 ай бұрын

The burls on the pine would make good knobs for rustic cabinet doors or maybe a coat rack, or finials. Thanks for sharing!

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Great ideas!

@Ijustpiddle 11 ай бұрын

This is so cool! I have some property with a lot of standing timber and I see these Burls all over the place. I didn't know they had a name. I figured it was some kind of disease on the tree.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

You are a lucky woodworker !!

@Ijustpiddle 11 ай бұрын

@@knecht105 Lets hope. I just need to get back there and get a better look at these things.:)

@michaelmartt8899 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting video today

@imransadiq4149 11 ай бұрын

Hi there. Epoxy resin tables can be made with those. For that size of stock, you can probably make a side table top. Good luck 😊 PS. Remember to have sharp resawing blade on your bandsaw.

@hnybcraft 8 ай бұрын

I'd like to make small tables with a few legs sticking out of the rounded part of the burl. Handles for various things would be good uses as well.

@daveknecht5252 11 ай бұрын

The long pole with many nodules looks perfect for the start of a coat rack for log furniture-style things. It would need a base and some angled dowels for the hangers. Maybe take a nylon wheel for your drill to scrub away the trunk part to shine that up a little then finish it with a varnish or whatever?

@daveknecht5252 11 ай бұрын

I see someone also suggested that below

@thedogowl591 11 ай бұрын

I got some offcuts from a joinery shop and one of the few walnut offcuts I got was a long thin strip - which looked like it had some burl bled into one end of the plank, maybe about 30/40 cm of a 1.5m strip. My guess would be they were doing something requiring homogenous looking walnut strips and this didn't fit the bill. I cut of just the interesting end of it and used it as the lid of a white oak pencil box - looked beautfiul!!

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Great idea and you have a good eye for detail it sounds like too, well done

@arlineastman 3 ай бұрын

Make some bottle stoppers with some of the small ones

@paulwilliams819 11 ай бұрын

It would make some beautiful scales for knife handles.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I wondered about that Paul, I'm going to harden some and see if they would work for that, thanks for mentioning this

@richadent968 11 ай бұрын

The large one would make a nice end table.

@bullwinkle69 11 ай бұрын

Burls are quite popular for knife handles in the DYI knife making world.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Another person mentioned that too, I think I am going to try that

@WeedMIC 11 ай бұрын

Handles for tools?

@anncranwell3046 11 ай бұрын

It would make cool table legs

@ken40able 11 ай бұрын

I'd like to see them turned like bowls. Even the outside as much as possible as a base and rout out the interior as usual but use a Dremel tool to reach the depressions you can't reach in the regular turning process. I think that would produce a beautiful and original shape for a "bowl".

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I no longer have my lathe so maybe give one up for that and hopefully they can care the center out and get a couple of bowls

@mikeymo7897 10 ай бұрын

I WOULD USE THAT LONG BURL POLE TO MAKE A FEW DESK LAMPS, A FLOOR STAND LAMP OR A COAT/HALL TREE.

@alanwasserman8176 11 ай бұрын

Colin, where can you purchase burl lumber, my local Woodcraft does not carry burl boards, very interesting show thanks

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

They are few and far between, I have seen them on eBay and other used places, oddly enough second hand stores sometimes get them and I have even run into loggers who have collected them from the forests where they work .. but not easy to find.

@mikecraftsmancustombuilder3650 11 ай бұрын

Are you still in Port McNeill? There's another large burl (unburned) about 5 mins from there, that was the world's largest prior to the discovery of that one. They caught the young adults who were suspected of starting the fire.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Not still there, and I did not know about the other burl, but someone there told me they have an even bigger burl that sounds like it's about an hours drive away that might be a candidate for a replacement of that one. Would love to see that if it gets moved in.

@sherrybriggs5459 11 ай бұрын

Platter, Coasters, Small decorative Wood glass.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

More good ideas, thanks Sherry

@billdodson5703 11 ай бұрын

Maybe use it on a traditional mantel, to fill/cover a frieze or header area?

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

That's an interesting idea, thanks Bill

@Uncle_Buzz 11 ай бұрын

Put that sucker on the world's largest lathe, make a bowl. Or a hot tub.

@dennisschickling2249 11 ай бұрын

Rings, ear Rings and other Jewelry.

@robertborberg6427 11 ай бұрын

Guitar picks chess pieces, crochet hooks and chopsticks that you’ll never want to use lol

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Great ideas, thanks Robert

@robmcmullen6481 7 ай бұрын

Use the long one and make lamps out of them

@TxStang 11 ай бұрын

Around here in North Texas people are sneaking onto private property and cutting burls off of trees to be able to sell on marketplace . The demand for them and high prices is driving the criminal activity here .

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I have heard of people doing that, but I have found so few in my lifetime, I wonder where people go that they can accumulate enough of them to make it worth their while but they must know places.

@TxStang 11 ай бұрын

@@knecht105 Walking the public trails around the lake here I have seen dozens of trees with chunks cut out of the sides of them , It is pretty sad to see them dying from people's lack of respect .

@farrier2708 11 ай бұрын

I was given a 300mm freshly cut holly burl which I left to air dry for several years. Unfortunately, over time, it split to the point it became virtually useless. Where did I go wrong?

@SomeDudeOnline 11 ай бұрын

There's a bit of an art to drying wood and as I understand it, burls are extra complicated. I think with something like a burl or a cookie, unless you can find an expert (or maybe an expert response here), you'll want to anticipate the splitting and utilize epoxy and/or bowties to stabilize it.

@coreybuilt 11 ай бұрын

I think I would make a coat / hat rack out of that 9' piece & leave it as natural as possible

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I have thought of the same, but still getting ideas, thanks Corey

@vernsteinbrecker3759 11 ай бұрын

I would turn them, too small for anything else. I do other woodworking but they make great bowls

@deborahberry6455 11 ай бұрын

A wall clock

@ZeusKingOfAllGods 11 ай бұрын

Were the culprits from a competing "world's largest burl" country?

@brentirvine2336 11 ай бұрын

Pepper mills? Draught beer tap handles?

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Good ideas, thanks Brent

@user-kv5cg2fb1r 4 ай бұрын

Call me,I show you a picture. I made a chess board out of stained glass epoxied on top of another piece of glass painted white and lowered it embedded into slab of burl and grouted so it is flat on top. You can play chess or use in kitchen for beauty counter. I really love it and made another 100 chess boats out of inviting colors ready to go in burls

@Toyotajunkie 11 ай бұрын

Cut the 9' into end table legs??

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I had not thought of that, thanks for the idea

@robertwelsh756 11 ай бұрын

Cut burns off and cast them in resin to turn on the lathe......see rob

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

Thank Rob, neat idea, know anyone with a lathe ;)

@michaelsnell4034 11 ай бұрын

Take the big one and drill the length and make a lamp out of it.

@Robyrob7771 11 ай бұрын

Make a cat post.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I cat post !!! I'm sure no self-respecting cat would want to scratch up such a lovely piece of wood ;)

@waltp9509 11 ай бұрын

Turning the burls you've shown IMO would be a crime since you have to remove 90% of the wood. The big one you have I'd cut into cookies, lay them into a close and interesting pattern, and make an epoxy table out of them. Show off as much of the insides as possible.

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

I did forget to mention that some turners have tools that actually carves out the bowl so that you can at least get 2 or more bowls from the same burl ... I agree about getting as much as you can from each burl :)

@jsaurman 11 ай бұрын

0:30 It's so sad when people do stuff like this. In 2012 some meth-head burned down the oldest and biggest cypress tree in the world, called "The Senator", located in Longwood, Florida. It was 3500 years old. All she got was a suspended sentence.

@farrier2708 11 ай бұрын

I hope you mean they hung her. 😎👍

@knecht105 11 ай бұрын

It's very disappointing for all of us when people do destructive things like that for no reason ... very disheartening