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red oak burls

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You can do practically anything with it if you process is correctly, like Matt said, if you make slabs, say 2" or thicker, in wood with all that figure if it dries too quickly it will check (crack) badly and twist and turn all directins. It should dry slow so cover it in something wax would be great. Straight grained slabs don't wreck as bad as highly figured and burled woods generally.

I haven't set up out lathe yet but I can tell it is addicting. I am putting it off until I get the house done because I know I will get addicted to it and it will interfere with my work.

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