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Lost Oki:
Update:  Log split, 5 staves, 2 have had bark removed, would not peel so I have been cutting off with drawknife.  Sealed with Tightbond III.

Muskyman:
I’ve steamed the staves and got the bark to come off. It’s not really easy but it can be done. Basically I put it into a 6 inch piece of hvac duct and sealed the ends with tape on one end and stuffed rags into the end where my wall paper steamer hose goes in. Steam it for about a hour then take it out and start peeling the bark off. Worked good on some not so good on others. Next time I cut hickory it’ll be during the growing season..😁

Bruce M:

--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on August 31, 2024, 10:17:54 am ---.......

I pop a line on a hickory half or quarter and cut a deep kurf with a skill saw for more even staves. Hickory grain seldom runs off to the side like osage, the wood is very tolerant of grain violations.

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Thank you for that helpful tip, I'll be trying the skil saw instead of splitting them from the end on both sides of the stave.

Eric Krewson:
There was not one stave in the bunch that was harmed by cutting to size instead of splitting. I cut this tree after a tornado pushed it over, I initially cut two 7' sections from the trunk, I halved the logs with a chainsaw and split the halves with wedges as well as splitting off as much of the heart wood as I could where the tree fell. I cut the tree up on a ridge, my truck was at the bottom of the valley. I needed to reduce the quarters weight so I could drag them down to my truck, some of these pieces weighed around 75# after I split off the waste wood, it was a big tree.

As you can see, this trunk split straight and true with wedges, I knew kirfing it with a skill saw wouldn't be a problem and save me a lot of work. I had a very good carbide blade on my saw that cut the green hickory like butter.

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