How To Identify Figure In A Living Tree

Les from North Woods goes through the identification process of figure for Big Leaf Maple.
For more, visit www.nwfiguredwoods.com
Music by Kevin Mcleod www.incompetech.com
Pieces used: Porch Blues, Matt's Blues, Dirt Rhode
Videography by Guthrie Straw - www.pinchflatfortune.com

[@bgeraldc]

Great video! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for making it

[@nunyabizness2433]

Thank you for this video. I picked up a tip concerning the X pattern bark!

[@johnhughes3963]

Great education. Well done and thank you!

[@fisher7734]

It might be good to point out there's a pretty substantial fine for cutting Burl's on public property, highly illegal here in Washington State

[@KarlBunker]

Very informative and educational. Thanks!

[@o2boutdoors]

Informative and interesting...thanks! I'll be walking my woods looking for these signs over the next week.

[@susancurington2616]

Thanks for the comment and happy looking!

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Thx from Sequim! Straight of Juan de Fuca WoodTurners

[@Sleepysparkz]

So cool!

[@TheDoctorswoodshop]

Great information! Perhaps you can judge a tree by it's cover.

[@fredschnepel7772]

Great info, thanks

[@sinaTonewood]

thanks, but I expected you say about curl and flame, since burl is known well for wood workers and very obvious signs it has, but curly woods are harder to identify,

[@tannermulford2033]

That's a huge piece, what kinds of woods should I look for in Kansas

[@Be1More]

so cool... over a 100 years old

[@Be1More]

great but very short

[@damondiehl5637]

How close to the ground will you cut when you fell those trees? Will you dig up the stump and use any of that wood?

[@BGTech1]

I would dig it up

[@Grizzydan]

You don't have to worry about the direction you cut it? How about birds eye? I'm new to turning and trying to figure out how to make cuts, and lots of people talk about birdseye maple and other woods, I've seen one guy sort of explain it, seems to be self explanatory--from a birds perspective, but does that mean that the side with the most surface is facing up if the tree was still growing? So you wouldn't want to cut it at an angle at all, just block it up either into equal cubes or if you're doing platters and bowls make the long cuts horizontally. Sorry for the ramble, just trying to figure this out.

[@jtjjbannie]

So......? lets see it!

[@sethwarner2540]

Isnt it true that birls have ALLthe grains? End, side, face...

[@walmars3curity]

I remember at my friends house as a kid the had this big tree with what we all thought was a giant pimple on the side. Can you cut the burl off a tree with out cutting it down?

[@BlueRhino600]

from my experience yes, its like cutting off a branch. If the tree is healthy enough it wont die but if its weak it will most likely die.

[@dstrbd223]

It's funny how much people love burl, but most people don't realize it's tree cancer.

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

Tumor

[@hosoiarchives4858]

How much is it worth?

[@trevorwilson5461]

Just got a question , I live in New Brunswick Canada on the Miramichi .and I have a few big wood lots and 1 is 357 acres, not a big piece of ground,but it's old growth hardwood ridge.and I select cut my curly , birdseye and veneers. But someone went through and knocked out a piece of bark about 6x6 inches on alot of my dollar sticks. I was told that I have to cut them now ,because it will make the wood heal like litterly like an asshole , thus making it firewood .is that true?

[@bradsaunders8998]

They were looking for birds eye. They poach a lot of it in northern Maine. $$

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

thx

[@bayou_man1446]

What regions of the United States can you find burlwood. I'm from Louisiana and always in the woods but have never seen a tree with burl growth.

[@susancurington2616]

Here in the Pacific NW, Big Leaf Maple seems to be pretty prone to have burl. Maybe one of your local university forestry departments might know something? Good luck!

[@enrath4078]

Tends to be more common in the eastern and south eastern US. Hard woods are more likely to have good burls as well, such as maple, poplar, redwood, buckeye, etc. Super common in Ohio and Kentucky

[@kennyarchey]

Do you know how to identify a dogwood tree? By its bark. Horrible tree joke of the day.

[@susancurington2616]

+kennyarchey Love it!

[@tannermulford2033]

kennyarchey that was ruff

[@eric44707]

kennyarchey do you know how to identify an ash tree? By the crack. Ash-crack

[@michaeledlin9995]

Did you seed her

[@TarmanTheChampion]

HAHAHAHAHHA that's a good one! How do trees access the internet? They log on... XD

[@BigRed4231]

Thanks! Im going to go and cut me down some trees on private and government property.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

How do trees access the internet? They log on... Did you know that I can cut down a dead tree just by looking at it?! Its true! I saw it with my own eyes!

[@tiffanyhackerspace8377]

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[@adkinsmikkelsen4980]

I made it too. Want to know how ? just go to wood prix webpage.

[@kooale]

what's with the crazy annoying music in the back ground? ever been in a class room?

[@theguitar2605]

All talk, no proof.

[@lindamorgey6736]

Woodglut is full of amazing tips. It helped me a lot.