Yellow Burl Wood

The wood's irregular grain can make it challenging to machine, but it turns, sands, and polishes exceptionally well, yielding a smooth and glossy finish. Yellow box burl is highly sought after for high-end woodworking applications, including decorative veneers, turned items, knife handles, pens, bowls, and inlays. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.

Pricing/Availability: Generally available in burl caps, sawn burl blocks, and small pieces of figured timber. Prices are high: on par with other imported solid. Our vividly coloured Yellow Cedar burls can be used to create all sorts of one-of-a-kind pieces, from coffee tables to decorative pieces.

Buy Australian Yellow Box Burl Caps & Blocks - For Sale Online: Figured Blocks. Yellow Box Burl is a unique and interesting Australian exotic wood with a lot of interesting figure & burl! The heartwood ranges from light pink to golden brown with pale gray sapwood that is sharply demarcated from the heartwood. This is a great wood for turned objects, knife and gun grips, and small specialty items.

YELLOW BOX BURL (Eucalyptus melliodora) i s medium in size to occasionally tall tree. Yellow Box is a fast growing evergreen tree and can grow up to 100' in height. Yellow Box has perfumed, cream colored blossoms which are an excellent source of honey, hence its botanical name Melliodora which means honey.

Yellow box burl is a unique exotic wood with a lot of exciting features. Australian Yellow Box Burls is medium size hardwood which grows on tablelands and inland slopes. It's mostly found in Victoria and Queensland.

The wood is dense and polishes to provide an excellent finish. It's generally available as Burl Caps and sawn burl blocks. Raffir® Wood is stabilized in various colors such as: black, brown, red, yellow, purple, lime, green, orange and natural.

Raffir® stabilized wood has high durability and can obtain a high gloss finish after polishing. It absorbs very little water after the treatment, and will have very low swelling and shrinkage at different humidity. Yellow Box Burl 7.25 x 7.25 x 3" Item: WBYB7.25x3 Australia is well known for its superb woods and Yellow Box Burl is considered one of their best! This heavily burled wood is heavy and dense and has a straight to interlocked grain.

The heartwood ranges from light pink to golden brown with some having a pale blonde to grayish sapwood.