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John Tisdale

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Attached is a pic of a mistletoe-burl mesquite log - hopefully it attached.
I've never seen one as spherical as this one - thought some of you might find it interesting.
If anybody knows anybody that has a large outboard system for a Oneway-24 they would loan, rent or sell cheap, let me know.
Otherwise I plan to build one - I'll be stiff competition for the Darwin award.DSC03163.jpg
 
John Tisdale said:
Attached is a pic of a mistletoe-burl mesquite log - hopefully it attached.
I've never seen one as spherical as this one - thought some of you might find it interesting.
If anybody knows anybody that has a large outboard system for a Oneway-24 they would loan, rent or sell cheap, let me know.
Otherwise I plan to build one - I'll be stiff competition for the Darwin award.View attachment 9562
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Well you could send that tiny piece of mesquite over to me. :rolleyes: What is the diameter of that little piece?

I've seen a few big pieces of mesquite, but never any mistletoe burl like that. Hopefully it turns out to be a real prize.
 
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awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
What a little cutie beside the burl! :D

A burl that size alone might be worth investing in the outboard rig......just so you'll have it from now on......

Good luck with this, John......we NEED to see how this eventually turns out!

ko
 
Bill,
The diameter averages around 35" - best guess is it weights over 800-lbs - a bit heavy to pick up and stand on the bathroom scales.
Odie,
I'll be documenting this one bigtime - it will either be interesting or one of those "did you see that idiot".

This will be about my 15th mistletoe burl mesquite - three talls and the rest about 20"-diameter. Until you get it on the lathe and start rounding, it's difficult to determine what you have. Because of the number of axis-changes on past pieces and especially what I foresee on this one, no choice but to start with a 1.5" jumbo drive and then go to a faceplate when the axis is settled.

Mistletoe-burl reveals itself slowly. I'll bring the profile to final shape and then start hollowing - what makes mistletoe-burl different is: you don't see the piece until the negative space is revealed. Of course that's when the filament tape, several layers thick, is required to keep it from exploding - that only happened once and it got my attention. The good news is it becomes self-bailing - no more stopping to remove shavings.

I'll be doing the outboard this weekend plus I also need to redo the crane system - pulling the ceiling down would be embarrasing.
 
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