In a bit of an effort to save some funds for more wood, try "pre-turning" to reduce the wood that needs to be stabilized. Since there is less wood to take the stabilization resins, your costs will be reduced a bit. The stabilization processors usually charge for the amount of weight gained during the process. RiverEdge is one of the better reported stabilization sources to use. Just don't turn all the way down to a finished size, thus allowing yourself a bit of finishing to do when the pieces come back from being stabilized.
I always pre-turn and pre-drill everything before I send out for stabilizing. Then finish turning and polishing sfter I get my blanks back.
http://www.stabilizedwood.com/info.shtml - EXCELLENT SOURCE
http://www.galleryhardwoods.com/ - Good Info
Something else you can try which is gaining in popularity with us wood workers is BOILING. Read the information here and see what it might do for you... Harbor Freight often has their "cooking pots" on sale. ALWAYS print out the on-line pricing from HF and present the store with the print-ou. They have always matched the on-line prices for me.
http://www.exoticwoodworld.com/boilingwood.html.
IMHO I have successfully boiled many items and found the stress relief in the wood to be a great 'tool' to try and avoid checks and cracking, etc. Rule of thumb here is one inch of wood = one hour of boiling.
Maybe these wil give you a bit more insight to your woods cracking as they dry. [
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http://www.exoticwoodworld.com/boilingwood.html