Thread: Burl For Scales/Don't know the wood

Ahhhhhhhh, burls!

I'd try and take all the burls if it were my neighbour, but that's just me. Hope you can get some usable material Cuda. Might be worth hanging onto a couple burls for future use.

I'm on the sycamore train.

Definitely get the burls if you can. In a few years they will be great.

Can you get a picture of one of leaves lying flat? That would help identify the tree.
Better yet, if you can find a seed pod, but it is the wrong time of year.

Definitely some kind of Maple. Couldn't tell ya what specific species, though. For I'm simply a guy from the Midwest, and no botanist. But definitely had branch of it's family tree in the yard of my dad's house growing up.



Forgive the family tree pun, it's getting late... at least I think I'm hilarious!

Looks like a Silver Maple from here but I'm not an arborist. Burls should be interesting to work with once sufficiently air cured.

i would say some type of maple. Here's a link to a website with various maple leaves: http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/differences-between-hard-maple-and-soft-maple/

Originally Posted by furious

Looks like a Silver Maple from here but I'm not an arborist. Burls should be interesting to work with once sufficiently air cured.

It is a silver maple. Nice burls too. No need to wait for years for it to dry - green wood works too, you just need to seal it with CA to prevent warping or checking. If you get some of that tree, I would be very interested for a bowl blank. The pic in the first post showing all of the burls touching = some nice long blanks, say for a table or other flat work.

If the leaves on a small branch are arranged opposite each other it is a Maple if the leaves alternate on each side it is a sycamore.