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LS Lake Surfer Tiki Socialite Milwaukee, WI Joined: Oct 21, 2002 Posts: 3417	LS Lake Surfer Posted posted on Sat, Dec 17, 2005 9:35 PM It's wierd... sometimes it is a roll of the die if a log cracks on me. I harvested pine back in November and everything split lengthwise... Dried too quick with the low dew points in my basement. I've had other tikis that I carved wet and they didn't crack a bit. And now I've got tikis that were carved a year ago and new cracks are forming. Sometimes I can hear then in the corner of the room... snap, crackle pop. The Midwest is gotta be hell on wood... hot-cold... moist-dry I learn to deal with the cracks... have then form on one side and carve the other Good info amiotiki... mahalos for sharing! I'm wondering if salt water would do the same as sugar water?

It's wierd... sometimes it is a roll of the die if a log cracks on me. I harvested pine back in November and everything split lengthwise...
Dried too quick with the low dew points in my basement. I've had other tikis that I carved wet and they didn't crack a bit. And now I've got tikis that were carved a year ago and new cracks are forming. Sometimes I can hear then in the corner of the room... snap, crackle pop.

The Midwest is gotta be hell on wood... hot-cold... moist-dry

I learn to deal with the cracks... have then form on one side and carve the other

Good info amiotiki... mahalos for sharing!

I'm wondering if salt water would do the same as sugar water?

Post #203617 by Lake Surfer on Sat, Dec 17, 2005 9:35 PM