What is this grain in oak?

Never saw this before- I was splitting some wood the other day and happened to see this:


Toward the right / bottom of the photo the grain is pretty typical of oak, at least what oak I have seen. But the swirls in the top are a new thing. Anybody know what it is called or why it happens?

Brian

 

I would also like to know. I've seen it before just never knew.

 

I have seen some things like this called Burl (spelling?). Normally I thought it happens on the outside - maybe it healed and grew over it?

 

I have seen burls before but never knew the grain inside did that- thanks!

It is a pretty amazing piece of wood. So special I saved one- half of the split.... will burn the other. Hey, it is nice but my firewood has to work for a living....

Brian

 

Pretty neat! If there was more of it going on I would definitely band saw it and make a live edge like cribbage board or 2 out of it.

 

I think you might have gotten some tiger oak... u mm if planed it for furniture has stripes.. only seen it 1 or 2 to establish at uncles cabinet shop please put through band saw before you burn.. can be money..

 

Great- now you are making me want to fish the other half of that split out of the wood pile. Unless it already went through the stove.... And besides, this is exactly what I need, a hobby of finding unusual wood lurking inside my hobby of splitting wood, which is inside my hobby of procuring wood, which is a large step in the hobby of heating my house..... with wood.

Brian

 

Would make an awesome breadboard. Maybe enough for a small table top? Like an end table?

 

I've seen it also, usually near a knot so maybe it's where the grain gets interupted and can't grow straight.

 

Would it be known as "birds eye" grain? Kind of looks like it.

 

I was think birds eye oak too. More common in maple but I have seen it and referred to it as birds eye.

 

While you're at it look up turning wood on a lathe on Youtube it could become a new hobby like you don't already have enough of therm.

 

Yes that piece would make a lovely pen

 

XXL did you turn those pens? If you did they are fantastic. Is that called a Cigar pen? Thinking about buying a lathe not that I have time for another thing in my life. I have a room about 450 sq. ft. that my wife makes Barbie furniture in with what I call toy tools. I can't believe how stress free she is when she comes out of that room and has finished a project and is listing it on Ebay for sale. Miniature table saw, belt sander, jig saw ,vise and so many toy tools, just watching videos of people turning wood is very relaxing.

 

Just what I was thinking also. I've seen it in crotchety trees.

 

We use to pay a good bit extra for crotch cuts to make custom gun stocks. CNC'ing them proved to be challenging sometimes too, sorta grabby even with carbide tooling.

 

Seen very similar in maple. We just call it curly maple. Don't know what causes it but it's worth a lot of money for milling.

 

Sorry no but I wish . Just a Google search. Did some woodworking and turning many years ago and a nice pen was always on my to-do list but I never got around to it. Maybe someday.