Sawmill a 9 ft. Myrtle Burl

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2 жыл бұрын

Thought you'd seen a big burl? Think again! This 9 ft. monster is one of the biggest around. Watch it go from massive burl to wood blanks, perfect for high end woodworking projects as we move from chain sawing to sawmilling up this Oregon classic. Learn about the wood and its characteristics from owner, Chris Cook.
After that head on over to www.cookwoods.com and purchase a piece of Oregon Myrtlewood for your projects. Once you work it, you'll see why Myrtle is one of our top sellers! Enjoy its easy workability, high polish, and fine finish.

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@johnmackenzie2311 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are absolutely fascinating! I can see why burl turning blocks are expensive and can't imagine the maintenance cost for all that equipment. Definitely a young man's profession. You have a funny and flexible mindset that is nice to watch. Great camera work, more videos please.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the great feedback and comments, John. We'll make more videos for sure!

@carlspringle9342 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous Burl. I'm turning some of your Myrtle and it is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this video.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Carl, we really appreciate your business and are so happy to hear that you love Oregon Myrtlewood as much as we do!

@matthewhickman-jackson9550 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video. I could swear I heard you say “throw this in the creek”- please allow me to nominate myself as “the creek”! I would be pleased to take anything you are tempted to toss in the creek!!!

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! Well, sometimes we do throw things in water to keep them from cracking, but we'll definitely not be throwing this out... too pretty for that! Thanks for the comment Matthew & hope your day is great!

@charleyrallen 2 жыл бұрын

How do you not have hundreds of thousands of subscribers?!?! Awesome videos.

@chriscook4519 2 жыл бұрын

Feel free to share our videos with your friends or groups that would be interested. Thank you for complements!

@danwahl8559 Жыл бұрын

We can all help by sharing this type of video with all of our friends

@robohippy 2 жыл бұрын

I got a myrtle stump years ago in Coos Bay. It was a barn yard tree. Never again. Lots of metal in it, and some spikes, not just nails. I do like Myrtle, but prefer Madrone because of how it warps. I think the range extends up into British Columbia. Still cracks me up when people argue that the California Bay Laurel and the Myrtle are 2 different trees....

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

That's funny that you've had people argue with you about California Bay Laurel and the Myrtle being two different trees. Go for the scientific name, that solves it! :) Umbellularia californica. Boy, when you find nails and spikes in wood it's tough! We've broken hundreds of blades on them and it can be very hard to know what you're up against until the blade snaps. Definitely love Madrone! Love how wood is so unique and woodworkers are too. Some people love the warp in Madrone and others swear it's their nemesis!

@bob_frazier 2 жыл бұрын

We built Myrtlewood burl tables by the dozens in the mid 1970's. And boy did they sell. We found most of the low stump / root wood by driving the logging roads along creeks where they would doze them out of the way to build the logging road. Reds, greens, chocolate colors, the trees that grew in shade were amazing. Out in a sunny field the wood is mostly just the plain blondish yellow.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome to find wood that has been taken out and be able to utilize it for something beautiful! Myrtlewood has SUCH diverse color. Great species.

@ricknelson5493 Жыл бұрын

when was just a youngin my Dad made a table for someone made of myrtlewood and American cherry, it was MAGNIFICENT

@waltmorgan5222 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! makes us appreciate the value of what you sell us. Keep 'em coming!

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Walt, we absolutely will keep 'em coming. We really love making videos and showing everyone what we do behind the scenes. Thanks for being our customer!

@james_watson_carpentry 2 жыл бұрын

That’s beautiful tinder 🪵🪵🪵

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Myrtlewood is absolutely gorgeous.

@jimdownhour5224 2 жыл бұрын

That flame grain next to you in the video would be beautiful in a knife handle!

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! Myrtlewood has SO much to offer. Don't miss the sale we'll be having on this wood. It's going to be so great. Myrtle would be amazing for a knife handle not just because of the look, but the density of the wood is perfect and the high gloss natural polish that's achievable leave the capability to have a very smooth feel for a handle.

@gsmscrazycanuck9814 2 жыл бұрын

That is some nice looking wood.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! We'll have it for sale August 17, 2021!

@hollenswoodcrafts 2 жыл бұрын

I'll take anything you want to throw in the creek :)

@judithfairchild8620 2 жыл бұрын

Your 1st cut of the burl looks like a whalers tail you do have fun!

@judithfairchild8620 2 жыл бұрын

Whale's tail

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't believe the animal shapes we've seen in wood over the years! It's been so fun. A bear's face, fish, dogs, so many things. :) It's quite entertaning.

@judithfairchild8620 2 жыл бұрын

@@CookWoods that's one of the reasons I watch Sawyers and wood turners. You never know what will show up in the wood. It is fun.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

@@judithfairchild8620 It is so fun! Working here is a new experience with wood all of the time!

@oregonwoodwizard 9 ай бұрын

Id be pleased to deal with the difficulties of milling Myrtlewood burl.

@daysend1341 Жыл бұрын

I'd love burl Pearl guitar knobs!!!!! I bet those sell like hotcakes

@CookWoods Жыл бұрын

Yes, we actually sold out of them!

@charlesbduke7947 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Baltimore, and the cities tree yard is near my home. On a rock collecting hike ,I walked thru the site looking at the variety of trees ,(I make canes and walking sticks)and was astounded to see a number of maple burls,and other burns that I could not ID due to a lack of bark. The yard supervisor saw me and asked what I was doing,as they didn't allow visitors. I told him I was just cutting thru but did he know what the value of that burl wood was worth? He asked me "What the hell was burl wood?"I explained and told him they where wasting a fortune in lumber. He shrugged and said it all gets ground up for mulch. So check with your municipal government and see if you can buy their dead wood.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the great idea! We often salvage wood and are always looking for new sources to salvage what others are throwing away. So much treasure gets missed by people who don't know the value. :)

@charlesbduke7947 2 жыл бұрын

One caveat, city wood is usually fungi infestedand can exhibit a high probability of metal. Good luck , Good making.

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbduke7947 You're so right! We break a lot of blades in metal from city trees.

@charlesbduke7947 2 жыл бұрын

You might check with the local nuclear inspection companies, they might be able to help, especially if you can fix them up with an exotic table. You got to grease those corporate wheels.

@jamesparker1063 6 ай бұрын

same in my city....there is multplied THOUSANDS $$$$ worth of poplar ("Mappa burl"), that gets mulched every year here....the city crews don't even try to salvage/re-purpose....last year, to make room for new FLames hocket arena, they cut/mulched our cities biggest elm, it was just over 6' diameter....there is also an american elm not far from my old neighbourhood, the trunk, up to about 6' (where the canopy spreads out), is SOLID burl!! I'm tempted to do a midnite raid, but I can't afford the fine.....

@BaylesJustin 2 жыл бұрын

You should collect and list the burl pearls for sale

@matthewhickman-jackson9550 2 жыл бұрын

I do small carving projects. I second this. i’d take them!

@debbieebbiebobebbie 6 ай бұрын

Wonder if you could polish up the whole burl pearls somehow like with rocks in a tumbler.

@reecewatson773 2 жыл бұрын

I do not know if it would work or not, but the burl pearls in a tumbler. Then polish, drill and use them as a necklace. Send me 20 and I'll tumble them see if it would work or not. If the walnut burls have pearls, with a lighter color wood, that would lool good...

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Reece, we actually sold out of these burl pearls very quickly but that is a wonderful idea!

@richardallen6091 2 жыл бұрын

What is your number 1 and two favorite wood ? Thanks

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

It's so hard to pick!! When you work in this industry there are so many choices and they are all so different. I would say Curly Pyinma from SE Asia is one of my top favorites because the depth of the curly is the deepest I've ever seen. I LOVE Myrtlewood when it contains all of the color stripes. Who can beat Oregon Maple burl with all of the diversity of color and tight burl eyes. I really could keep going! - Catherine (co-owner)

@TheChuckb712 Жыл бұрын

Hello Chris. If you were to cut a 3" thick slab of a burl, like this one, would it be strong enough to be made into a dining table or would it need to be stabilized or something like that? Thanks for all the great videos. Keep up the great work.

@freerx1845 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pieces. So, if myrtlewood is your #3 for turning, what are your #1 & 2?

@chriscook4519 2 жыл бұрын

Rosewood and burl

@chrisweiss6363 2 жыл бұрын

So I have a 6' box elder flame birds eye do you guys do millwork for others?

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Chris, thanks for asking. We sometimes do and typically will charge a fee of part of the wood. If you'll reach out directly to us through our website cookwoods.com we'll be happy to talk with you about this process!

@mikezimmer6354 5 ай бұрын

I'll buy some burl pearls from you.

@markschultz3791 2 жыл бұрын

Contact me I have many madrone Burls that I’d like to sell raw and in bulk

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Mark, we would love to know about these. Can you email 4wood@cookwoods.com with more information?

@BobCarlsoncrazybear 2 жыл бұрын

love the videos even though your a anti police state

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Bob! Don't want to get much into politics here, but we're a family run business. We love people and love serving our customers and that's our focus every day. We really appreciate your interest in our videos. We'll keep 'em coming!!

@BobCarlsoncrazybear 2 жыл бұрын

@@CookWoods i know why been buying from you for years not lot but growing with you every year as well

@BobCarlsoncrazybear 2 жыл бұрын

OH sent out bunch myrtle got from you as motors pedestals to CA, was in bichty mood like now just went get my vaccine at CVS I called they did not log in was coming so said no yet I called they are Black I am white I never thought this country become so hatefully to veterans

@CookWoods 2 жыл бұрын

@@BobCarlsoncrazybear we support our veterans and are so grateful for your service. Thank you for giving of yourself to support the USA.