Elm burrs turned green?

[MattyF]

Picked up a couple of large ones yesterday off a bloke down the pub , what's the best to do with this ? The faller wants a bowl in return for them can it be turned green or would it be better left too dry then turned.

Thanks mat

[se7enthdevil]

i think you should use a bowl saver on those to get the best out of them other wise you only get two bowls.

 

i think i can get 8 out of those.

[Big J]

Hate to think of the lovely stem they were butchered off of.

[Lazurus]

Couple of shallow platters with edges left natural and sandblasted gets my vote.

[MattyF]

Hate to think of the lovely stem they were butchered off of.

 

 

Don't work your self up j they came off a tiny wolf stem , the guy has some mill able stuff if you want I'll take pics and send them too you, it's going at £45 a tonne but there is not quite an arctic load but tbh I don't know as I've not seen it.

[MattyF]

i think you should use a bowl saver on those to get the best out of them other wise you only get two bowls.

 

 

 

i think i can get 8 out of those.

 

 

Bowl saver ? I'm thinking you can get a few off them for sure.would you put them at the back of the shed for a couple of years though? I've only turned stuff that I've salvaged and left once it's dried if I've wanted to keep it.

[Big J]

Don't work your self up j they came off a tiny wolf stem , the guy has some mill able stuff if you want I'll take pics and send them too you, it's going at £45 a tonne but there is not quite an arctic load but tbh I don't know as I've not seen it.

 

I am glad! It makes you cry the stems that get ringed up/hacked up because of people sadly not being clued up. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault, only that I'd urge any cutter to post a couple of photos of a stem that they think is possibly unusual. You might be surprised of it's value.

 

Anyway, I'm OK for elm at the moment. Looking at three loads next Monday in Morayshire

[MattyF]

I would of rather he put the whole thing on one of the fire wood loads we just brought off him.. Would of rather of seen it on my mill! Luckily I did find what I think is the dead top off that tree and mill it when we moved one of the loads.

[se7enthdevil]

Bowl saver ? I'm thinking you can get a few off them for sure.would you put them at the back of the shed for a couple of years though? I've only turned stuff that I've salvaged and left once it's dried if I've wanted to keep it.

 

a bowlsaver will give you a nest of bowls rather than one big one.

 

personally i would use the bowlsaver to get 3-4 roughed out bowls from each burr then seal the grain and leave for 6 months to a years for it to dry.

 

 

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[MattyF]

Great thanks , I'll look in to one of these I don't think the guy was in a rush but I've only just started turning stuff that I've been saving as its dry now.