Cherry boll...

[Ty Korrigan]

Is it worth keeping the boll that forms at the graft union?

If so, I'll keep it and find a deserving wood turner.

Regards

Ty

[Le Sanglier]

Don't bother, wood turners are a pita, phone you up "have you got etc" won't pay diddley!

[agg221]

Have you already cut the rest of it up? No idea if you have access to a mill, but I've always wanted to mill straight up the middle of a top-worked standard cherry (grafted at about 6') as I reckon it would have some very interesting grain - not that you're anywhere near me of course to try it!

 

Alec

[Ty Korrigan]

But...is it innneresting anyway...?

I was going to give it away.

I just didn't want to see it split for firewood.

Ty

[armchairarborist]

roughly cut one up for a customer two weeks ago, he was well impressed.

[agg221]

That's the grain pattern I was hoping I'd see. I fancy making a longcase clock case out of one, using the central bit as the main door, so that the grain scoops outwards, following the lines to the hood.

 

Alec

[Ty Korrigan]

Oh...that's GORGEOUS!

But mine is much shorter than that as the client wanted 'firewood'....nuts.

Next time...

Ty

[Chippy]

Wow stunning wood

[nepia]

I've always wanted to mill straight up the middle of a top-worked standard cherry (grafted at about 6') as I reckon it would have some very interesting grain - not that you're anywhere near me of course to try it!

 

Alec

 

I've got some boards of that sticked and stacked: the change of grain looks artificial, almost as if it was drawn on the wood across a ruler it's that straight. I'll try and grab a pic or two soon.

 

Jon

[slackbladder]

Beautifull timber and not all woodturners are that tight allthough i agree most are

what size is the boll