Advice Please - Cutting Expensive Wood

[NickWheeler]

I agree with everything Karl said, EXCEPT the part where he said it's just wood, not gold....

Wait... WTF?!?!?



It's so much prettier than gold!!!

Mark, you know I have a kink for that stuff... So nice!!! :thumbup:

 

[Burl Source]

The wife and I did a road trip yesterday following a rumor about a big slab of old growth lace Redwood burl.
The story behind the slab was that the guy who had it got married 38 years ago.
As a wedding gift the father in law gave them his house and moved into a smaller place because he was widowed and retired.
In the basement he had left a big slab of redwood.
Before he had retired about 10 years earlier he had worked as a logger.
He had cut the slab years earlier intending to make a table.
I told the guy with the wood that it was worth more than he wanted for it.
He said that he had an idea what it was really worth but he felt I would put it to good use.
It wasn't cheap but in my eyes still a bargain.
The slab is about 7 foot by 3 foot and is all lace.

On our way back I stopped by another guy's place. He used to have a wholesale/retail roadside redwood business but the city changed the zoning and shut him down. He had a couple pieces he had set aside for me a while back. Said he was wondering if I was ever coming by again because it had been over a year since I had seen him last.
The piece on the right is some of the really dense redwood burl.

 

[jdm61]

For those who wanted to know how big of a burl you could get from a species of tree that can grow to heights of close to 380 feet, we present exhibit A!!!

The wife and I did a road trip yesterday following a rumor about a big slab of old growth lace Redwood burl.
The story behind the slab was that the guy who had it got married 38 years ago.
As a wedding gift the father in law gave them his house and moved into a smaller place because he was widowed and retired.
In the basement he had left a big slab of redwood.
Before he had retired about 10 years earlier he had worked as a logger.
He had cut the slab years earlier intending to make a table.
I told the guy with the wood that it was worth more than he wanted for it.
He said that he had an idea what it was really worth but he felt I would put it to good use.
It wasn't cheap but in my eyes still a bargain.
The slab is about 7 foot by 3 foot and is all lace.

On our way back I stopped by another guy's place. He used to have a wholesale/retail roadside redwood business but the city changed the zoning and shut him down. He had a couple pieces he had set aside for me a while back. Said he was wondering if I was ever coming by again because it had been over a year since I had seen him last.
The piece on the right is some of the really dense redwood burl.

 

[Burl Source]

I started cutting up the big Redwood slab.
These first ones are all oversized (about 2&1/2" wide).
Once stabilized this will be some really nice burl.