Elm or Elm Burl wanted for a friend/Master turner who hasn't turned Elm

RexB

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Hi All,
I would like to get Elm or Elm Burl wood blank (at least 8in wide by 4 in deep/thick) for a Master woodturner who hasn't turned this before and always wanted to. Some of you may have watched his you tubes, Wayne the woodturner. He helps a lot of people woodturning so I asked him what hasn't he turned and would like to and his response was Elm burl or Elm. So I would like to try and get some and send it to him as a gift. (Shipping to Scotland will be a lot, I know) Please do not let him know I'm trying to do this, as I'd like to surprise him with it by shipping to a friend and then the friend showing up during his Live video.

Again Elm Burl 8in wide by 4in thick.

Thank you all
 
Very kind gesture of you Rex and I wish I had some to help you out. I'll keep my eyes open!
 
I have some elm laying around (not elm burl though), I can look at cutting a piece this afternoon if you're not in a hurry.
 
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No hurry. It would be great to find a piece of Elm and Elm Burl, even with shipping costs. Thank you
 
Rex, sorry I didn't get out to cut the piece yesterday, had to go get a new chainsaw blade. If it stops raining today I'll see if I can find something that will work.
 
@RexB , I had a chance to go out and cut into a few pieces of my elm but unfortunately the checks go too far in from the ends. My logs are about 3' long and I can't even get a solid 6 or 8 inches for a bowl blank. Wish I could have been of more help with your elm search.
 
I have a bunch of really large elm burl. All elm burl in my experience is going to have checks and bark inclusions. I will see what I can cut up here in the next couple days.

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Let me know what you want to do I do not want to cut anything if you want just the straight grained elm from Tim!
 
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Thank you Woodworking Vet for trying, its wood, from another Vet, Thanks. If you have something for a vase, maybe one piece that I'm happy to buy, then Wayne will have Elm Burl and Elm!
Courtland, if you have something I will gladly buy/trade for it. Wayne likes small vases (6in tall by 3 or 4in wide) or platters 10 in or so and you have the bowl numbers. You probably know the best way to handle those cuts.
What I hoped to do was to send a couple of pieces and given that it takes 6 to 10 days to get to the UK, I'm sure the wood will do something. So anything will be a great surprise to him.
 
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