What is this bowl made from?

[Pete Hart]

I reckon it's made of wood.

 

I reckon you might be onto something there rich!!

[Woodworks]

Yes it's wood!

 

I was asked to cut out a high beech stump beside what at first glance I thought was granite ball covered in moss but realised it was growing from the base of the tree. Presuming it might be worth turning in the future I put it aside. The whole lump I removed weighed about 50kg when wet and I cut up into manageable pieces for turning. I would have probably never got around to turning it so gave it the father in-law (rather regret this now but he has done a lovely job with it)

 

I don't know if it's burr or some other kind of growth but definitely from a beech tree.

[slackbladder]

Ash

No doubts

[Woodworks]

No it's definitely from a beech but is it a burr or some other type of growth?

 

I presumed it was a burr looking at the outside but once cut open it's not like anything I have seen before.

[se7enthdevil]

I originally thought beech burr but without a couple of close ups to see the grain clearly I cant tell if its ring porous or not.

 

if it is then id say ash or elm but if it isn't then it could be anything from maple to service tree.

[Woodworks]

So can burrs look like this? All that I have seen look pippy but this looks like mmm well it looks nothing I have ever seen.

[essential]

That is what burrs look like,

[Woodworks]

The only way I can describe it is like a wood version of the cliffs at Lulworth cove. Almost folded together.

[Mike Dempsey]

I have milled up a couple of beech that that look like this. Good for bowls, furniture etc but crap for the laser-engraved business cards as it is too 'busy' and you have difficulty reading the writing.

 

Mike

[Woodworks]

That is what burrs look like,

 

Sorry but cant agree. Maybe the picture does not show too well but in my years of woodworking not seen grain like this. This is like most burrs I have ever seen look burr bowls and mirrors | Craftform. Like normal grain but far more wavy with pips.

 

You may be right but if it is it's a very unusual example.