Post #243550 by Basement Kahuna on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 9:41 PM

TSB...Make sure and have some super glue gel around, too. A cyanoacrylite bond is stronger than the original wood fiber, so you can permanently reattatch a small errant chip easily. That works for detail slips if you get them. As far as cracking and checking goes, welcome to the world of wood. A tiki isn't a tiki without at least one nice crack...and there are few woods on earth except maybe palm that don't split and check. Just go with the flow. And like everyone said, dry your logs as long as possible. Some sawmills will have wood laying around that has been "yarded" or seasoned for a couple of years or more, so look for those logs.