InkyMike
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Howdy all
I've had a request to turn a pen out of some cherry my father in law picked up from my brother in laws property. It's been fallen for at least a year. He sent me a few branch chunks and if my moisture meter is to be believed, it was around 17# MC. My intent is to stabilize it so I put it in my dehydrator in fairly low heat - I've noticed some pretty significant cracks. I'm continuing to dry it out on low heat and checking the weights. Hoping I can get a blank or two out of them.
My question to the collective is - should I cut these in to what ever blank I think I can salvage, then stabilize, or leave the rounds as they are, stabilize the one with the least amount of cracking, then cut? I'm guessing the later but I'm imagining I'll still need to fill in the cracks with more resin.
Thanks much
I've had a request to turn a pen out of some cherry my father in law picked up from my brother in laws property. It's been fallen for at least a year. He sent me a few branch chunks and if my moisture meter is to be believed, it was around 17# MC. My intent is to stabilize it so I put it in my dehydrator in fairly low heat - I've noticed some pretty significant cracks. I'm continuing to dry it out on low heat and checking the weights. Hoping I can get a blank or two out of them.
My question to the collective is - should I cut these in to what ever blank I think I can salvage, then stabilize, or leave the rounds as they are, stabilize the one with the least amount of cracking, then cut? I'm guessing the later but I'm imagining I'll still need to fill in the cracks with more resin.
Thanks much