What Is Stabilized Burl Wood
Burl wood is very hard to work with hand tools or on a lathe because its grain is twisted and interlocked causing it to chip and shatter unpredictably.
What is stabilized burl wood. Burl wood is a wonder of nature and every piece is unique. The figured various page sometimes also has stabilized pieces. Stabilizing wood can be a great way to use scraps that are not solid enough for general use. How to stabilize wood it a question that has come up a lot more.
Redwood burl to be stabilized preparing the wood blanks. I am a believer that god made this wood for. Not every stabilized wood is on this page go to the pen blank page for pen blanks and see the ones marked as stabilized. Still each variation is natural and beautiful.
Stabilized maple wood burl turning knife scales blanks bar burl handle exotic. I am highly experienced at cutting and processing each piece of burl to achieve the highest quality of figure. Burlwood has been selling high quality burl for 35 years in six different domestic species. We can also produce custom stabilized wood in colors and sizes to meet your specifications.
Maple burl redwood burl buckeye burl curly redwood burl myrtlewood burl and black walnut burl. Use a moisture meter to verify that the moisture content of the wood is below 10. This wild grain makes burl wood extremely dense and resistant to splitting which made it valued for bowls mallets mauls and beetles or beadles for hammering chisels and driving wooden. All our poplar burl is forested in europe and each piece is carefully selected before stabilization.
Block of stabilized wood karelian birch 125x38x28 orange. A wet blank cannot be stabilized. The first step in stabilizing a wood blank is to make sure the blank is dry. Our stabilized wood inventory is now offered at our new partner web site vivid stabilized woods.
Learn about our wood stabilizing processes and see more examples at our dedicated stabilized woods site. Also boxelder amboyna burl and buckeye burl have their own pages. Stabilized poplar burl maintains the unique grain patterns of the untreated wood.