My helpers like to go for “tractor rides” so one afternoon we went for a ride to check out a cherry burl. Although it was on nothing but a rotten stub, it looked promising. We came back, hooked up the yard cart and went on a burl retrieval expedition.

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The burl had grown most of the way around the tree so lined up the centers on the pith in hopes of making a vase of some sort.
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Roughed out a general shape that night.
The next day my helpers returned (they also like shoveling) to assist in cleanup.
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Spent the day hollowing but ended up stuck at a depth of about 11 ˝ with a couple more inches to go . Thought about what plan B was going to be that night.
Here is plan B.
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The opening wasn’t quite large enough to go straight in and remain cutting on center but it got the job done.

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