Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana.
Russian olive wood turning.
Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick.
In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging.
As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states.
I have turned many smaller bowls from it but getting from green rough turning to final turning after a kind of controlled air drying without checks is problematic.
It has a hardness near cherry and walnut.
In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can.
A secret weapon in wood identification.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.
He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple.
It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate.
Most russian olive at most will be 12 inch diameter at 5 feet with all kinds of branching above that.
Russian olive is not closely related to the wood that is commonly referred to as olivewood olea europaea and may be distinguished from true olive by the endgrain.
Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex.
I tried to find the owner but finally gave up after several days and took its disposal into my own hands.
Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia.
Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots.