Amboyna burl question

[J. Neilson]

Does amboyna burl need to be stabilized? I've never used it before but, I'm getting a chunk from ebay. I know you can go either way with thuya, which I've used a few times in the past. I always just go ahead and stabilize it, just to be sure but, I don't know about amboyna.

 

[Mike Hull]

I don't know if it "has" to be stabilized, but that's the only way I've ever used it. It certainly is beautiful wood.

 

[indian george]

J. No little one yet????

 

[J. Neilson]

A few more days, George.

 

[tmickley]

I had some large pieces that weren't stabilized and it cracked in short order before I could get it sent off to be stabilized. It shipped across country from the coast to up north in the dead (very dry) of winter. I have plenty now but I'll get any future pieces stabilized quickly.

 

[steve f]

I use a lot of stabilized Amboyna, it is great stuff. However it is far to soft and unstable to us successfully otherwise. I get mine stabilized by Mike Ludeman at WSSI http://www.stabilizedwood.com/ ,HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.