CUTOFFS
Among my favorite things to do in woodturning is making something from scrap. There's something inherently fascinating about the challenge of seeing how small a piece I can make and what I can achieve with scrap wood that might otherwise be discarded. So last year I started selling these boxes full of great usable material for pen blanks, small turnings, ornaments, even small hollow forms . . . and they're priced at current weight well below (about 40% or more) the current weight cost of whole burls.
Pieces I'm making from cutoffs . . . Left is Russian Olive Burl and right is a small gummy Vasticola burl I recently cut illustrating how I try to maximize use of the material. I should be able to get at least 7 pieces from this burl.
This is about the actual size, perhaps a bit larger, of the piece above left on the glue block
Above . . . thumbnails (click on the pictures to enlarge) of some thin slices suitable for inlay work or perhaps some small veneer projects . . . Black Morrel Burl, H. Rosewood Burl, Red Mallee Burl, Paela Burl, Coolibah Burl, Red River Gum Burl and Quilted lace Sheoak. Thicknesses vary from piece to piece and some, not surprisingly, have warped. Nonetheless, some great material.
$100
Since taking this picture, I've added another 5 lbs for 70 lbs total of a great variety of cutoffs at about a 40% discount to a cap price corrected for current weight.
$420 (SOLD)
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Box of dry Black Ash Burl blocks ($145)
Red Gum and Salmon Gum Burl, 20 lbs, $80 (SOLD)
There are cutoffs in here large enough for small hollow forms
Honduras Rosewood Burl and Figured Rosewood
$195
Check back on this one. I've sold some of the 45 lbs (above) and I'm going to further reduce the volume of material and price when I get to it in the spring
43.5 lbs of Aussie Burls at $5/lb (current weight) or $217 SOLD
Brown Mallee Burl, 8.7 lbs, $44 SOLD
York Gum Burl, 30 lbs, $180 SOLD
Red Morrel Burl, 20 lbs, $100 SOLD
These are from the most spectacular Red Morrel I've seen . . . These cutoffs are sold, but the cut blocks from the big burl are available in the Cut Blocks section by clicking on the following link CUT BLOCKS PAGE 2 - Red Morrel Burl
Jarrah Burl, 21 lbs, $105 SOLD
Vasticola Burl, 8 lbs, $40 SOLD
Coolibah Burl, 8+ lbs, $40 SOLD
Gummy Red Mallee and Salmon Gum Burl, 13+ lbs, $65 SOLD
Brown Mallee Burl, 13+ lbs, $67 SOLD
B/E Curly Black Mulga, 12 lbs, $60 SOLD
12 lbs Honduras Rosewood Burl Cutoffs and 3 lbs Amboyna Burl Cutoffs
$195 SOLD
Sample Honduras Rosewood Burl Figure from Cutoffs Above
Thuya Burl, 17 Pieces, $55 SOLD
York Gum Burl, 18 lbs, $90 SOLD
Red Mallee Burl, 30 lbs, $150 SOLD
Includes small amount of highly figured Horistes Burl and some Giant Mallee Burl