Enrico Konig
Posts: 74
Joined: 2006-01-06
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Burls are often extremely brittle and thus difficult to cut without chipout, no matter how sharp your saw. It's good that your supplier is going to make sure your sheets are flat, but chances are you'll have to use a veneer softener anyhow. It's a bit of a time-consuming process to press the sheets with paper in between for the six or so paper changes that will be necessary to get the wood down to an acceptable moisture level again, but the ease with which you will be able to thereafter cut the burl makes it much worthwhile.
As far as pressing temps go, I cannot justify heating my 1500 sq ft shop for a day before and then for the whole actual pressing up to 70+ degrees. Heating blankets (or better yet, a heating pad) have never caused a problem in the hundreds of winter pressings I've done, and saves a lot of heating money. I actually prefer pressing in the winter months because with the ambient shop temp being cooler than normal, the mixed glue has a longer open time.
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