Buckeye Burl

[ORCRiST]

Check it out:

Based off a Conklin design, will be laminate top. Bottom half shown after wiped with spirits...

Anyone seen Buckeye Burl before? Looks pretty cool IMO.

Discuss!

 

[Wyliee]

I dig it very much.  That's one wood that Warmoth doesn't carry and I wish we did.  Unfortunately, all the bark inclusions can make it a pain to work with.

 

[reluctant-builder]

Dayum! That's a nice piece of wood (that's what she said)

 

[elfro89]

Love Buckeye, It always hit or miss between amazing figuring and looking like someones hacked up on your guitar.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Jack Michaelson]

That's going to be a special guitar for sure.

 

[line6man]

If you want a good piece of Buckeye Burl, try this.

Buckeye Burl is a weird wood. I've talked to a bunch of luthiers that hate it. My personal experience has been with stabilized cuts to make pens, and those work like rubber and smell like piss.

 

[Cagey]

Buckeye Burl is a weird wood. I've talked to a bunch of luthiers that hate it. My personal experience has been with stabilized cuts to make pens, and those work like rubber and smell like piss.

I've had similar experiences with Red Oak. Every once in a while you get a piece that you wish you'd never cut because it just smells raunchy as hell.

 

[reluctant-builder]

Buckeye Burl is a weird wood. I've talked to a bunch of luthiers that hate it. My personal experience has been with stabilized cuts to make pens, and those work like rubber and smell like piss.

That's seriously cool looking ... but, gross, on the smell.

 

[SkuttleFunk]

HATE IT from a woodworking and luthier perspective ... whay would you want to top your body with pretty cork that is full of silica that will dull your cutters. this is the anit-Maple wood of tonality (based solely on hardness properties)

unfortunately, sometimes a builder is forced to do what they prefer not to do, and so these big slabs somehow found their way into my shop ...

I get tempted to off them at a fair price and find something else to use on one bass in particular. if the right offer ever floated my way (to help compensate for the loss on the build), these would be outtahere

all the best,

R

 

[Nando Vallart]

Cool!! I love the look of Buckeye, very mean!

 

[line6man]

HATE IT from a woodworking and luthier perspective ... whay would you want to top your body with pretty cork that is full of silica that will dull your cutters. this is the anit-Maple wood of tonality (based solely on hardness properties)

unfortunately, sometimes a builder is forced to do what they prefer not to do, and so these big slabs somehow found their way into my shop ...

I get tempted to off them at a fair price and find something else to use on one bass in particular. if the right offer ever floated my way (to help compensate for the loss on the build), these would be outtahere

all the best,

R

See, everyone hates it! (Including myself.)
But tell me, Rod, I've not worked with the stuff in it's raw, non-stabilized form. Does it smell bad, or am I just smelling funky acrylic stabilizing agent? Stabilized wood usually smells bad, but there are different levels nastiness. :blob7:

Buckeye Burl makes cool pens, though, even if I don't enjoy working with it.
Here is Bullet pen I did recently:

And a cream colored piece that I swear looks like the rind of a piece of blue cheese.

My first three Cigar style ballpoint pens were Buckeye Burl, orange-dyed Buckeye Burl, and green-dyed Buckeye Burl. (Ignore the bottom pen, that's not Buckeye. Also, I have since refined my shapes down to something much thinner. Most people like Cigar pens on the thin side. :blob7

I really like the way Buckeye Burl takes a green dye. Has anyone done a stabilized laminate top with dyed acrylic? That could possibly make for a very cool guitar.

 

[line6man]

Buckeye Burl is a weird wood. I've talked to a bunch of luthiers that hate it. My personal experience has been with stabilized cuts to make pens, and those work like rubber and smell like piss.

I've had similar experiences with Red Oak. Every once in a while you get a piece that you wish you'd never cut because it just smells raunchy as hell.

Pfft! Red Oak? That's for schoolgirls. If you want a nasty wood, try Thinwin. I flat out refuse to ever touch the stuff again. It smells very strongly of dried dog shit. The second your saw blade hits the wood, you smell it! And it does not wash off of your hands very easily. :sad:

Oh, and it's an odd wood, too.
It looks a bit like Wenge, but tighter grained. The wood is tan to brown, but when sanded, turns yellow, when sanded to the point of burning, turns grey, and I have been told with UV exposure turns black. :icon_scratch:

 

[SkuttleFunk]

[quote author=line6man] If you want a nasty wood, try Thinwin. I flat out refuse to ever touch the stuff again. It smells very strongly of dried dog shite. The second your saw blade hits the wood, you smell it! And it does not wash off of your hands very easily. :sad:

Oh, and it's an odd wood, too.
It looks a bit like Wenge, but tighter grained. The wood is tan to brown, but when sanded, turns yellow, when sanded to the point of burning, turns grey, and I have been told with UV exposure turns black. :icon_scratch:
[/quote]

you sure that was actually wood you were working, and not a dried chunk of somethin else that also has (a) bark?  :laughing7:


I don't know how to describe the smell of buckeye ... I'll cut some again here and see if I can come up with a reasonable description for ya

R

 

[reluctant-builder]

Here is Bullet pen I did recently:

This!

So much cool.

 

[line6man]

[quote author=line6man] If you want a nasty wood, try Thinwin. I flat out refuse to ever touch the stuff again. It smells very strongly of dried dog shitee. The second your saw blade hits the wood, you smell it! And it does not wash off of your hands very easily. :sad:

Oh, and it's an odd wood, too.
It looks a bit like Wenge, but tighter grained. The wood is tan to brown, but when sanded, turns yellow, when sanded to the point of burning, turns grey, and I have been told with UV exposure turns black. :icon_scratch:

you sure that was actually wood you were working, and not a dried chunk of somethin else that also has (a) bark?  :laughing7:


I don't know how to describe the smell of buckeye ... I'll cut some again here and see if I can come up with a reasonable description for ya

R
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Indeed it's wood, and rather pretty wood, actually.
The range of color is apparent here.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6149169874_1c5bd7aece_b.jpg
These will go on eBay or something eventually.  :blob7:

 

[JaySwear]

I recognize that orange pen! :icon_biggrin: