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Muskyman:
Superdav95, tried to send you a message but it said that your inbox is full.

superdav95:
Huh that’s weird.  I’ll have a look.  Try my email. superdav95@gmail.com. 

As for the staves if you haven’t got the bark off yet you’ll be ok with just sealing up the ends for a little bit like a week or so till you can go further I would say. When your arm feels better get back at it.  Sooner the better.  You’ll have an idea what your dealing with and what you got with the bark off and sealed up.  Best of luck and hope your arm gets better.   

Eric Krewson:
I would soak the bark on staves I couldn't get to right away with diazinon, this would give me 6 months of bug free staves, after 6 months the protection would gradually wear off.

I learned the hard way not to cut more osage than you can handle in a week or two. I filled the back yard one time, debarking and removing the sapwood which had my hands swollen like sausages after a month's worth of working at it in all my spare time. I burned out and didn't care if the remaining staves ruined from neglect and they did.

This is a gag picture; I am pretending to be passed out from exhaustion from splitting osage for a month. The trunks in the picture are just part of what I cut that I ended up walking away from when I couldn't go on.

superdav95:
Lol. So true. Getting old sucks. Especially if your brain hasn’t caught up :)

Muskyman:
That’s funny Eric but not far from the truth.  Now that log by your left arm is about the size of the one that I cut and I couldn’t hardly move it.. did you have help getting that or maybe a piece of equipment or are you just a stud.
Picture of the two I have done

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