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12-01-2017, 07:49 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Its pretty much a huge knot on a tree. When finished though it can be the best looking piece. The grain can look cloudy, swirly, or go in any which way. Burl pieces = big $$$
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12-01-2017, 07:53 AM
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#402
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
what is Burl?
-Christopher
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What is Burl Wood? (with pictures)
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12-01-2017, 07:55 AM
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#403
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Just like that, thanks eastcoast!
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12-01-2017, 08:03 AM
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#404
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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I've got a friend who's been making stuff out of burl since we were kids. The stuff is beautiful.
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12-01-2017, 08:12 AM
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#405
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Duluth, MN
Posts: 25
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International
Engine: dt466
Rated Cap: 71
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Firstly, I just wanna say that this is an awesome build and I love seeing the updates.
Secondly, I'm curious if you'd be willing to share your deck plans? I'm looking to do the same thing (eventually) and it looks like your design is perfect. Thanks in advance!
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12-01-2017, 09:11 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,848
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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oh THATS the good stuff!!! at least the stuff I like to see furniture made out of..
-Christopher
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12-01-2017, 11:17 AM
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
what is Burl?
-Christopher
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It's an ugly knot in a tree that happens when they grow witha fungus or some irritant. The big ugly bump of wood gets slided-open to reveal the most beautiful wood patterns. It's what Rolls Royce uses for trim back in the day.
A burl or bur or burr is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.
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12-01-2017, 11:21 AM
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#408
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,848
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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how cool that burl would look as a base for a pete-style chrome-gauges dash panel!!
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12-01-2017, 11:43 AM
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#409
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Traveling
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,573
Year: 2003
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: 5.9L Cummins
Rated Cap: '00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
how cool that burl would look as a base for a pete-style chrome-gauges dash panel!!
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Is pricey and hassle to work with, but the SA vinyl looks might close. Veneer sheets would fly.
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12-01-2017, 12:57 PM
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#410
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
how cool that burl would look as a base for a pete-style chrome-gauges dash panel!!
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That's what Rolls Royce and Bentley use it for.
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12-01-2017, 03:44 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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Burl wood is sold by the pound out here in OR. Many people that live in the country have large pieces of burl slow drying in their woodsheds that they intend to sell. Burls aren't limited to any single species of tree, but species does affect value.
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Nobody's Business
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12-01-2017, 04:02 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin97396
Burl wood is sold by the pound out here in OR. Many people that live in the country have large pieces of burl slow drying in their woodsheds that they intend to sell. Burls aren't limited to any single species of tree, but species does affect value.
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Walnut being about the highest value.
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12-01-2017, 05:00 PM
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#413
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Willamina, Oregon
Posts: 6,409
Coachwork: 97 Bluebird TC1000 5.9
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We do have a lot of black walnut in the valleys, but most of those are so old and often located around old government office buildings that they're a little hard to get.
Most of our burls come from maple and douglas fir. These are not coincidentally primary the trees we harvest commercially. Generally the tree cutters (fallers) cut off the burls and take them home kind of like a bonus.
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Nobody's Business
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12-01-2017, 05:54 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
how cool that burl would look as a base for a pete-style chrome-gauges dash panel!!
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Lots of truckers got em some burl dash panels, for sure.
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12-01-2017, 06:21 PM
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#415
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Did mine in curly maple.
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12-01-2017, 06:38 PM
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#416
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Did mine in curly maple.
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My new bus' dash is destroyed, so I *guess* I should fix it all fancy, like yours! 
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12-01-2017, 06:40 PM
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#417
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Owasso, OK
Posts: 2,627
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner MVP ER
Engine: Cummins 6CTA8.3 Mechanical MD3060
Rated Cap: 46 Coach Seats, 40 foot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
My new bus' dash is destroyed, so I *guess* I should fix it all fancy, like yours! |
Maple is beautiful.
Veneers are not all that expensive. Glue them onto a ply substrate and you have a great dash panel.
I made this a few years ago from ordinary maple, and it looks gorgeous in the flesh:
http://www.steveswoodshop.com/html/t...headboard.html
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12-01-2017, 06:48 PM
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#418
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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I'm already ahead of ya. Been pricing burl veneers all day.
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12-01-2017, 07:48 PM
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#419
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Bus Nut
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 502
Year: 92
Coachwork: Thomas Built
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 5.9L
Rated Cap: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twigg
Walnut being about the highest value.
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Someday i'll get my hands on a walnut piece!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Did mine in curly maple.
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sooo nice! the "our bus, our home" build featured some in theirs too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I'm already ahead of ya. Been pricing burl veneers all day.
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haha! i like the way this thread is headin' now.
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12-01-2017, 08:01 PM
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#420
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 18,848
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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its not cheap but theres a company that makes a J1708 / 1939. to analog converter.. meaning it takes the cokmputer data in and outputs analog signals to be used with needle gauges.. so you could take an electronic dash and make a Pete-style dash without a bunch of extra sensors and wiring..
-Christopher
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