Burr Chestnut

[devon TWiG]

Its a case of putting your money where your mouth is ( in a polite way !) will the cost of milling , transportation , stacking , storage , marketing etc be recouped through expected sales ? its often a hard choice to make , what thickness to cut them , unless you know the intended final use , because you can guarantee some one will want what you have not got ! but you never know until you try I guess !! good luck !

[Blaisey]

Fair point, I was thinking of cutting a 100 to 150 turning blanks some to keep and some to sell. Milling some for coffee tables wall art (thanks good idea) then Ive been making cubes and shapes from the centre of the trunk not sure if they will sell yet but I like them. I sell very little raw timber if u like but have been hoarding stuff for launching some sort of venture this summer. Perhaps I should have been more specific I just like to see what other peoples take is on things. Thanks for all the suggestions. Fyi I had all ready removed tow burry limbs before the fist pic there is literally tones of it.

[devon TWiG]

A few pics of what can be made from Horse Chestnut Burr, I got the log last spring it was fairly dry/ dead so i soaked it then wrapped in pallet wrap , left it all summer and have turned these in the last month or so , hope you like them . Have you milled it yet ? These pics might be useful to show any potential buyer of your wood what it can look like !! Shame I am not closer ! I am always on the look out for very knotty , burred, forked, spalted twisted ugly wood !!!! just the sort of stuff most people kick to one side , in fact one guy I often get wood from often says what the *&^%"! do you want with that lump of +%&*£ and I usually get it for very little !! Quite a few end up on the fire though !!

[slackbladder]

Mill it into 3" and 4" planks and sell to woodturners if you turn it into blanks it will split

[H-A]

:biggrin:That is not a Burr, this is a Horse Chestnut burr.

 

This is a picture from Google Earth Street view. I have driven past many times, been so tempted to slice it off.

 

About 3 foot diameter.

 

H-A

 

Anyone else seen it?

[Hanser]

A few pics of what can be made from Horse Chestnut Burr, I got the log last spring it was fairly dry/ dead so i soaked it then wrapped in pallet wrap , left it all summer and have turned these in the last month or so , hope you like them . Have you milled it yet ? These pics might be useful to show any potential buyer of your wood what it can look like !! Shame I am not closer ! I am always on the look out for very knotty , burred, forked, spalted twisted ugly wood !!!! just the sort of stuff most people kick to one side , in fact one guy I often get wood from often says what the *&^%"! do you want with that lump of +%&*£ and I usually get it for very little !! Quite a few end up on the fire though !!

 

Stunning bit of work there

[Stompy]

Stunning bit of work there

 

 

I second that, awesome work, they are stunning.....

[bobh]

Stunning bit of work there

 

Yep, just amazing

[Badgerland]

Blaisey, pm'd you a while back as agreed. Can you get back to me with a reply? Cheers

Dave