Palm Wood Experiment - Tiki Carving

4 4WDtiki Tiki Socialite Omao, Kauai Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 1995	4 4WDtiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 17, 2007 3:52 PM On 2007-07-17 14:55, Tiki Den wrote: I'm worried a bit about cracking, already seeing signs of it on the ends a lil bit. Would it help to saw off and inch or two from the ends? I wouldn't worry. If it's gonna crack, it's gonna crack. If you saw off an inch or two, it'll just crack anyway. It's not uncommon to get cracks in the center of the log. If you're getting cracks at the surface, where the bark was, either the wood is from a young part of the tree and isn't that good, or possibly you took the bark off too soon. I usually let fresh cut stuff sit around for a few weeks or months before carving. Either way, it's not rare or expensive wood, so look at them as the free score that they are! :wink:

On 2007-07-17 14:55, Tiki Den wrote:
I'm worried a bit about cracking, already seeing signs of it on the ends a lil bit.
Would it help to saw off and inch or two from the ends?

I wouldn't worry. If it's gonna crack, it's gonna crack. If you saw off an inch or two, it'll just crack anyway. It's not uncommon to get cracks in the center of the log. If you're getting cracks at the surface, where the bark was, either the wood is from a young part of the tree and isn't that good, or possibly you took the bark off too soon. I usually let fresh cut stuff sit around for a few weeks or months before carving.
Either way, it's not rare or expensive wood, so look at them as the free score that they are! :wink:

Post #319349 by 4WDtiki on Tue, Jul 17, 2007 3:52 PM