MLBob Furia
Well-known member
Lee,
Been eyeing a burl on a big dogwood on a back road by my house for years. Trees along this stretch have been marked for cutting (I think someone's putting in a road to a building lot), the dogwood among them. I went over and lopped off the burl with my chainsaw this afternoon. Probably a foot in diameter. Planning on slicing some turning blocks out of it on the bandsaw eventually.
Here's my question: Temps have been in the teens & single-digits for a week here. Was zero this a.m. and hit a high of 13. After wire brushing off all the "alligator" bark & junk, I put this burl on the side porch (think bringing it in would cause a temp change that would definitely be too rapid). How should I go about acclimating it to the shop, and what would you coat the cut face with to prevent checking? I have used paste floor wax on the ends of cut boards.
MLBob
Been eyeing a burl on a big dogwood on a back road by my house for years. Trees along this stretch have been marked for cutting (I think someone's putting in a road to a building lot), the dogwood among them. I went over and lopped off the burl with my chainsaw this afternoon. Probably a foot in diameter. Planning on slicing some turning blocks out of it on the bandsaw eventually.
Here's my question: Temps have been in the teens & single-digits for a week here. Was zero this a.m. and hit a high of 13. After wire brushing off all the "alligator" bark & junk, I put this burl on the side porch (think bringing it in would cause a temp change that would definitely be too rapid). How should I go about acclimating it to the shop, and what would you coat the cut face with to prevent checking? I have used paste floor wax on the ends of cut boards.
MLBob
