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When I lived in the bay area,I had access to a real commercial Kiln (company called Globalwoods)am looking into building a solar kiln.

I really like the Jarrah burl, has anyone used that yet?

Originally Posted by guitstik

I really like the Jarrah burl, has anyone used that yet?

What interesting to me is that Jarrah,Mallee,Koolabah all come from Eucalyptus trees,all from australia.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

What interesting to me is that Jarrah,Mallee,Koolabah all come from Eucalyptus trees,all from australia.

I found this when I Google'd Jarrah, Mallee and Koolabah AustralianBurls.com - Burl Harvesting

It's funny you guys bring this up. I just read about this a couple days ago. Had no idea they all came from Eucalyptus trees. I get all my info from. wood-database.com I'll have to check out Jarrah burl again. I'm sure it's lovely.

What interesting,you eluded to Burls being warts, They are actually more of a cancer type growth.
Fun to work with as no two are the same.
I turned a pce of Madrone Burl a few mos. ago,hard as hell,had some small rocks embedded in it.

I suppose your right. I've always looked at them as warts but they are more of a tumor I suppose. There are two different types, as I've read in a book by David Ellsworth. An Onion type and a pin burl, which is a series of dormant buds.

One of the worst burls I've turned for foreign matter was Briar. Nothing like hitting a pocket of sand. Ahhhhhh!!!

This is piece of Crepe myrtle I scavenged from a tree crew the other day,some nice grain,hard, dense. maybe it will turn out to be some good wood.
Never know.