Getting to the last 2 biggest White Oak burls now....handsawed the buggy one after baking at 160F for 6 hours to Kill everything!
NOT liking wood boring bugs!!
That'll teach me not to pick burls on a cold December night with a flashlight in a HURRY!!
On first cut I had to set VC AND VCP to Safe-Z's of .005" or it hit Z-prox....And first cut with low stepover on the 1.25" Whiteside was STILL .4" thick!
Wound up with a 2 and 4" thick slice when finished. May still cut some more after exploring the bug cavities...was hoping for a shallow bowl shapes for mineral specimen display.
Maybe not..OR Maybe a good chance to carve stones to fill holes? Who knows yet
White Oak burls will never be my favorite burl....but it kinda grows on you
Funny....Close to the bark when you start surfacing....it looks like what you think of when you think "Burl"....the closer to the pith...less so.