Author Topic: Ocean Spray burl (Read 2460 times)

DC · « **on:** February 06, 2016, 09:15:09 pm »

I found this Ocean Spray burl while looking for bow staves and couldn't leave it there. The knob is 3 1/2" wide. It would make a heck of a fish club or war club if I was at war with someone. It weighs 2 pounds. I've never seen an OS burl before. Hopefully it will dry without checking too much. Got no idea what to do with it.

osage outlaw · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2016, 09:56:23 pm »

That's pretty cool looking. I'd try to make a war club out of it.

Zuma · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2016, 01:12:43 am »

You can dry it in the microwave DC .
Just zap it a minuet at a time. open the door
after every zap to let the moisture out and the wood to cool.
Hold it to your cheek untill the cool/cold is gone.
Neat find.
Zuma

chamookman · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2016, 05:11:58 am »

I think it would make a real good "Head Knocker" . Bob

Tracker0721 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 07, 2016, 01:26:05 pm »

Whoa whoa, is that serious Zuma? Heard of a lot of uses for a microwave but drying wood hasn't been mentioned. I found an old microwave cookbook from the 60s or so and it really opened my eyes to microwave uses

Zuma · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2016, 07:12:32 pm »

Quote from: Tracker0721 on February 07, 2016, 01:26:05 pm

Whoa whoa, is that serious Zuma? Heard of a lot of uses for a microwave but drying wood hasn't been mentioned. I found an old microwave cookbook from the 60s or so and it really opened my eyes to microwave uses

LOL would I lie

Zuma

DC · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2016, 07:46:14 pm »

Moot point, my microwave isn't big enough. I don't want to shorten it any. OS checks so easy I would want to run a test piece first.

mullet · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2016, 10:31:48 pm »

Tracker, take a Hole saw and cut two holes in the side of the micro-wave. I wrap staves in wet rags and bend recurves in them after about 40 seconds of heating.

Tracker0721 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2016, 12:56:23 am »

I'm gonna do it. But only after I get my medical insurance to max coverage haha

Del the cat · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2016, 04:34:06 am »

Oooh that's cool.
Great for setting arguments

Del

mullet · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2016, 07:36:06 am »

It's micro-wave not radiation.

JacksonCash · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2016, 10:17:31 am »

Yep, opposite end of the spectrum. Closer to radio waves.

Urufu_Shinjiro · « **Reply #12 on:** February 08, 2016, 10:50:47 am »

Yeah, as long as you aren't staring into the hole or holding the wood in place with your thighs you'll be fine, lol.

Primitive Archer