I recently turned a white cedar burl that came from the Lake Superior area. The burl is shown as the first image in the gallery below. It is about a foot in diameter and nicely shaped. I secured it to my lathe using a face plate attached to the top rounded part of the burl as shown. The faceplate is also attached to the headstock of the lathe so the top of the bowl will come from the rounded part of the burl. I decided to curve the top of the bowl slightly inward since the bo

This project started with a 20" diameter white cedar burl that had wonderful thick bark. Click on an image below and scroll through the gallery. After studying this burl for a few days I decided to trim the sides of the burl as shown in the above photos. I used a chain saw to prep this burl. The plan was to incorporate the beautiful contoured bark into the top edge (rim) of the bowl. I inscribed a 17" diameter circle in the top of the burl and made vertical cuts as shown in