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Beetle lines in elm, still useable?

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Eric Krewson:
Those look like wood wasp trails which generally don't go too deep. If you find pin head sized holes in the log from powder post beetles your log is toast, they go in the top of a log and out the bottom and do this along the way inside the log. In this case I split a log in half and found this in the middle of the log.

Jake_C:
Thanks for the advice guys, I’ll have to split it down here soon and see what I’m dealing with, hopefully the rings are big enough to chase. At least I’ll get plenty of tried out of it.

paulsemp:
I've basically had zero luck working with any white wood where the back showed signs of sitting on the ground and decay or standing dead. I know it may just be the top ring and I know you can chase down but it just doesn't seem like the wood is the same after it turns into that. Dead white woods is a no-go for me. Osage and black locust is a totally different story with decay on the outer rings.

Hamish:
Good point Paul, that stave looks like mold has gotten into it.

Pappy:
Same as Paul, I may think different if I had now wood to work at all , but if that way mine I would be cooking brats with it.  :)
 Pappy

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