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toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on August 28, 2012, 01:40:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: toomanyknots on August 28, 2012, 01:44:37 am ---(I remove the bark and seal the sapwood myself, but than again, most people also think I'm an idiot, so there ya go)
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A halfwit with bad decision making skills
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I'm also very lazy, ;). A couple things I forgot, are to always try to split down a knot if you have knots in the log. I guess this is really for any wood. As, obviously it will deter from ending up with a knot down the middle of any stave. And two, it is very likely for checking to occur, if it is going to, to happen at a knot. So this might also help deter from having a check running down the middle of a stave. And then there is the thing about cutting in the spring/summer verses cutting in the fall/winter, which I couldn't myself tell you which is best. I know the old timers preferred to cut in the winter I think. If someone else feels they got the answer, I will let them tell ya which is best... because I honestly don't know.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on August 28, 2012, 01:40:09 pm --- EVERYONE knows you are supposed to remove the last two growthrings of sapwood next to the heartwood and leave the outer layers above it! >:D
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Just blew my mind for a couple minutes... ;D
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