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Who are the Bad Dogs?
Our two bad dogs, Kuma and Kriscoe, get top billing after 4 remotes, a key board, a footrest, several shoes, etc .... The leader of the pack and least trained is ROB DOYLE. Me, I'm the wife, Donna, who gets to pick up after all of them!

(our previous home in Oregon)

Kuma and Kriscoe are really "wonderful" dogs, and we suspect will be even more wonderful now they turned two!

Kriscoe caught in the act.

Kuma showing turkeys how to strut!

BUT ... when they're good, they're very good! :-)

Welcome to Bad Dogs Burl Source, your source for Australian, Tasmanian, and North American burls and rare craftwoods including Amboyna Burl. What you will find at Bad Dogs Burl Source are burls, blocks, slabs, and blanks that are very unique and often one of-a-kind. If you don't see what you are after, please feel free to call or e-mail me with any specifics. I have a large inventory of burls in stock, not yet posted on our web site. If I don't have it, I will try and help you find it.

BAD DOGS BURL SOURCE
Offering an unsurpassed selection of high quality burls, natural edge blocks, bowl blanks, turning squares, pen blanks, knife and call blanks, fly reel seat blanks, table slabs and bases, instrument billets, as well as rare and unique hardwoods.

Members of:
The American Association of Woodturners
International Wood Collectors Society

Whew! We're all done packing 1100 pounds of burls!
YOU go call UPS.
Can we go play now!!!!

One of our Australian suppliers harvesting
some nice York Gum burl.

Our Policy of Service
As our customer comments attest to, our customers are our top priority.  Our second priority is providing the highest quality burls at a reasonable cost.  I will try to provide an accurate description of each piece and guarantee everything I sell. If you're not satisfied with your order, let me know and I will work with you to correct the problem.

What's New
7/10/10 All new postings on the Box Elder Burl link - with more to come.

7/4/10 NEW Amboyna link is added at the top of the wood links column! We are beginning to post some of the Amboyna Laos shipment. There are some absolutely beautiful pieces. I will be adding more smaller cuts in the near future but wanted to get a nice mix posted now.

6/6/10 NEW LINKS! Check out our new Marri and Karri Australian links. Also just posted are some more hardwoods; York Gum, Yorrel, Gimlet, Red Morrell, Corrugata, and small slabs/clock faces. Coming soon will be a new Amboyna Link; the shipment is due in very soon.

5/31/10 Bad Dogs offer a sincere salute to our troops! We hope they all come back safe and sound.
We've been able to update the Hardwood and Lumber page as well as the Sheoak page and added a few pieces to Slabs/Table Tops & Bases. Amboyna Burl is in California awaiting U.S. Customs release and the Tasmanian Sassafras burl is on its way. Still have lots to post. Hope to see you at the AAW convention June 18-20 in Hartford, CT.

5/16/10 The Western Australia shipment arrived with over 4800 pounds of Banksia Pods (whoppers to mediums) along with small burl caps of Red Morrell, Corrugata, Vasticola, and York Gum as well as burl blocks of Birdseye Gimlet, Birdseye Salmon Gum, Red Morrell, York Gum, Karri, Spalted Marri, and Corrugata. Also in the shipment are some nice hardwoods including Quilted Birdseye Lace Sheoak, Striped Mulga, Birdseye Minneritchie, Birdseye Western Myall, Birdseye Wandoo, Birdseye Karri, and two really nice/unique table bases.

Amboyna Burl is expected to arrive towards the end of May with some nice big blocks of fantastic burl. The shipment of Tasmanian Sassafras Burl is being processed with an expected arrival date of late June.

We just posted some Black Ash Burl with really nice caps, Big Leaf Maple Burl, and other North American species. Still have LOTS to post of both Australian and North American species, so check back often or ask to be put on our Mailing List for updates. For those on the mailing list, you might want to adjust spam blockers to accept email from burls@burlsource.com. This will ensure you won't miss any of our updates.

4/11/10 We have a Western Australia shipment on the water heading this way, due to arrive here in early May or so. For those waiting for Banksia Pods, we have over 2000 pods in this shipment, mostly large ones. Please call or e-mail to pre-order. Also in the shipment is some rare hardwoods (Birdseye Myall, Birdseye Minneritchie, Birdseye Wandoo, Birdseye Lace Sheoak, and Birdseye Gimlet) as well as some nice burls and burl blocks.

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How to Order and Pay
E-mail us at burls@burlsource.com or call 413-213-0248 and provide us with the item number identified in the photo such as RM4B or MA2C that you would like to purchase.   Once we verify if the pieces are still available, we'll calculate shipping costs and add it to the cost of the wood. Payment can be made via credit card (Visa & Mastercard), by check, or through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com . Once the final tally is known, you can send the PayPal payment directly to our email burls@burlsource.com or we are happy to send you a PayPal invoice to your email address. You DO NOT need to be a PayPal member to pay through PayPal. If payment is via credit card, for security purposes, please call us with the card number at 413-213-0248. PLEASE DO NOT send your credit card number over the e-mail. We will be happy to call you for the information.

How Burls are Sold, Measured, and Shipped
Sold: Burls are bought and sold by weight, so do not try and figure the board foot on a burl block. The weight is based on their original green weight with the bark still on. Burls are then waterblasted to remove bark. This can remove a significant amount of weight in itself. By the time the burls reach us, they may have lost 20% or more of their original harvest weight. This holds true with North American burls as well. Some burls, even within the same species have a thicker, more resinous bark, so that two specimens of the same harvest weight could differ markedly in weight after debarking. Burl shape also affects the bark to weight ratio. Some burls have more sapwood (which contains more moisture) on the edge and can lose more weight when drying. The original harvest weight of the burl is used throughout the sale process eliminating all these variables.

All burls should be considered green or partially air dried unless stated otherwise. Burls coming from Australia, as a requirement of our import permit, have been fumigated with methyl bromide. Most cut burl blocks are sealed with wax or anchor seal. It is the wholesaler's preference to seal or not to seal burl caps. Australian burl caps are typically not sealed whereas Tasmanian burls and blocks are.

Measurements: We try and be as accurate as possible with measurements, they are only approximate. It is difficult to accurately measures a burl cap as they may vary greatly in thickness and in width.

Shipping: Orders received and paid for before 10:00 a.m. EST will generally ship that same day. Orders after that should go out the next business day. All shipments less than 150 pounds (single item or total box weight) will be shipped UPS ground. Boxes over 70 pounds or excess size accrue additional fees charged by UPS. Any shipment over 150 pounds has to be shipped via freight at cost.  I will ship US Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail or Overnight if requested by the customer at cost. Based on my experience, UPS ground is routinely cheaper than USPS and it can be tracked. I am more than happy to ship foreign or APO/FPO orders. Generally these are shipped USPS because it is usually more economical. It is the customers responsibility to make sure that there are no restrictions on the species they are wanting to import. It is also the customers responsibility to pay all duties and excess fees associated with a foreign shipment. I will provide all Latin names to the customer and will fill out the U.S. Customs declaration form.

We will make every effort to ship your order as expeditiously as possible and in a manner that minimizes damage.

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Get on the Bad Dogs Mailing List
Just let us know if you would like to get updates via e-mails by providing us with your e-mail address. This will ensure that you are one of the first to know of any new postings to the web site and any advance notices of up coming postings. Give Rob a call at 413-213-0248 of send your request over the email to burls@burlsource.com .

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Our Upcoming Events

19th Annual Fine Woodworking Show , Saratoga Springs, NY March 27-28, 2010 at the Saratoga Springs City Center.

American Association of Woodturners Symposium , Hartford, CT June 18-20, 2010 at the Connecticut Convention Center. Booth location has been changed to booth 113/115.

Hope to see you there!

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Bad Dogs Burl Source
Purveyors of Awesome Australian and North American Burls