For everyone that has turned a piece of burl before, do you stabilize every piece, or just the pieces that are spunky? I was reading up on stabilizing, and I read that the tighter the grain, the less effect stabilizing would have on it. Is this true?
depends on the wood and if its soft or light in weight ,, burl has a tendency to crack around the eyes in burl so some times it helps to stabilize it don't fill cracks but helps ,, cherry burl is normally good with out but all depends some times ca will take care of the smaller cracks
and yes some woods will suck up lots of resin and others don't barely take any at all and at $1oo a gallon some blanks can get expensive ,,, on the harder grain woods I like rough turn a pot inside out that way the resin has a better chance of penetration
Quote from: M,Yingling on February 02, 2016, 12:44:33 PM
depends on the wood and if its soft or light in weight ,, burl has a tendency to crack around the eyes in burl so some times it helps to stabilize it don't fill cracks but helps ,, cherry burl is normally good with out but all depends some times ca will take care of the smaller cracks
and yes some woods will suck up lots of resin and others don't barely take any at all and at $1oo a gallon some blanks can get expensive ,,, on the harder grain woods I like rough turn a pot inside out that way the resin has a better chance of penetration
Thank you!! Very helpful tips!!