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Origine
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Descrizione

Trade Names: Walnut burl, Californian Walnut burl

Similar Woods:—–

Origin:West coast of the USA fro Southern California to Oregon.

Range: The burl is only a “by-product”, the actual purpose of the tree is to grow nuts. To this and gigantic walnut
plantations have been set up where the American Walnut (juglans regia) is being grafted to the European Walnut
(juglans nigra). As a result root burl growth develops below the grafting point.
After the productive capacity of the trees for nuts has been exhausted these burls are dug up as a second
product and sold.

Uses: Highest quality interior work and furniture production.
Used in larger quantities for dashboards by the automobile industry. Also used for high quality instruments in
the production of upright and grand pianos. Most desirable as solid wood for gearshift knobs.

Properties: Walnut burl occurs in many different forms.
From head veneer and cluster to solid burl which now as before numbers amongst the most expensive and most
sougth after veneers. Splitting often occurs within the trunk.

Machining:The wood is easy to work with all hand and machine tools.

Seasoning: The burl texture calls for extremely slow and careful drying to keep tension in the wood as low as possible.
Mechanical machining also requires the greatest of care to prevent surface fibre pick-up. The texture of the
burl is highlighted best by high gloss varnishes and polishing.

Finishing: The very smooth surface takes all stains well, particularly water and nitro stains.
The wood polishes well when fillers are used.

Jointing: Joints using screws, nails and glues are easy to produce and have normal tensile strength.