Woodworking Projects – Birch Table with Burls

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I always wanted to do something with burled wood. I very rarely get my hands on it. This large Birch stump had one large burl and several smaller ones on it. Instead of cutting them out and discarding the rest of the log, I wanted to integrate them all in one object. The stump itself has many interesting cavities and depressions in it, so I felt it would do the tree injustice if I only took the burls. The wood has tons of beautiful features, like black lines from spalting, green and red spots from other fungi, brown streaks from pieces of cambium, leftover pieces of bark and the chaotic burl grain. When I applied the first coat of oil, my jaw dropped to the floor, I never could have dreamed it would look this good (you can see that later on in the vid) This table was made in Hortus Haren, Netherlands. Useful websites: www.saburr-tooth.com EU, UK, NL website for ordering Saburr-Tooth equipment: www.chainsawcarvingtools.eu Main dutch Chainsaw Carving forum: www.carvingtoolshop.eu WoodCarving Illustrated message board: www.woodcarvingillustrated.com My WCI Gallery: tinyurl.com

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10 Responses to “Woodworking Projects – Birch Table with Burls”

  1. katamanara Says:
    24. March 2010 at 9:43 am

    5 staras

  2. rayfx8 Says:
    24. March 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Very nice. You could use sand & seeler for the table top! I must get one of those Saabur Tooth disks. Another idea is to put a lamp or candle on the inside, some lovely holes there create wild shadows! Again, inspiring.

  3. Mueiwark Says:
    25. March 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Thx mate :) I had some sealing probs on the end grain, and by adding some polyurethane to the oil it finally stopped soaking in. I needed the thick oil penetration though, the wood is still a bit wet so moisture needs to evaporate slowly trough the oil layers. I thought of a lamp as well, but found a cable sticking out to distracting from the design. Perhaps I will come up with something later on.

  4. rayfx8 Says:
    25. March 2010 at 8:13 pm

    LED battery lights !! haha

  5. angelljwa Says:
    27. March 2010 at 3:04 pm

    The beauty of nature……… Gotta love it….WTG

  6. Ohshikari Says:
    29. March 2010 at 9:10 am

    pretty sweet, man.

  7. donyboy73 Says:
    7. April 2010 at 3:45 pm

    very nice work

  8. korma3 Says:
    20. April 2010 at 2:37 am

    Iv always wanted to try this…not such an AMAZING piece..but something small to start. This is a great video.

  9. Mueiwark Says:
    20. April 2010 at 3:40 pm

    @korma3 Hey thx :)

  10. themattin Says:
    1. May 2010 at 2:59 pm

    Great form and the tung and lemon oil finish is breathtaking. Good work!

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