Post #109080 by Octane on Wed, Aug 18, 2004 9:06 PM

i have a whole bunch of palm wood i was given on Sunday, but i'm not really all the familar with palm. I started to carve it monday and had a few interesting things happen, stuff i have never expereince with the limited palm i have carved.

has any one had palm wood seep out some sticky goo after you cut it off with a chainsaw?

is that goo a bad sign?

how can you tell if the piece is good to carve or is rotten?

does it stink when rotten?

for storing, should you remove the bark or leave the bark on.

i here everyone likes to have the wood dry out for a while, why?

thanks for any help