Quote Originally Posted by Llwyd View Post
Speaking as a guy who owns a sawmill, and often cuts stranglewood saplings...leave the bark on, dip the cut ends in wax, put your branches up in top of the shed or something to dry for a few months...the bark wil transpire the moisture slowly from the wood, without checking in the grain,,the wax keeps the moisture from coming out of the cut ends, also causing checking..
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