Log, Log, Log! advice - Tiki Carving

R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Sat, Apr 2, 2005 7:47 PM On 2005-04-02 18:21, Swanky wrote: I got a couple of large cherry logs from my sister last weekend. One had been drying in her garage for about a year, the other out on the wood pile. So I spent some time today with the draw knife, taking the bark off. The dried log was a lot of work, but okay. If I ever decide to go rowing, this is the exercise to get those muscles going. But the other log may be a lost cause. I found the bark was all rotted. It came off with little effort. It just fell off basically with rotted bark mud underneath. Easier on the back for sure. But under that, I found the wood was different colors. Not sure if it's rotting or what. Some of it was rather gray. Is it no good? Or did Mother Nature just help me by rotting off this bark? Burn it!

On 2005-04-02 18:21, Swanky wrote:
I got a couple of large cherry logs from my sister last weekend. One had been drying in her garage for about a year, the other out on the wood pile.

So I spent some time today with the draw knife, taking the bark off. The dried log was a lot of work, but okay. If I ever decide to go rowing, this is the exercise to get those muscles going.

But the other log may be a lost cause. I found the bark was all rotted. It came off with little effort. It just fell off basically with rotted bark mud underneath. Easier on the back for sure. But under that, I found the wood was different colors. Not sure if it's rotting or what. Some of it was rather gray.

Is it no good? Or did Mother Nature just help me by rotting off this bark?

Burn it!

Post #150882 by RevBambooBen on Sat, Apr 2, 2005 7:47 PM