Yesterday I helped cut a sugar maple down from a friends yard. He gave me the trunk, cut into 4-5 foot sections ranging from bottom, 3 foot diameter to the top where it stops about 10 inch diameter and a few of the bigger branches. This was a live tree that was dormant. I turned a small branch, 8 inches diameter and got 3 small round blanks just to see how wet it is. Wow, I covered the lathe and nearby tools with sap.... LOL, spent the rest of the day cleaning. I thought it would have been dryer being dormant for a month.
Anywayz, the rest is sitting outside still on my trailer. Can I leave these whole for 2 to 3 years (?) to dry out? Or do I need to start turning blanks til all done?
If so, I have nothing I can treat the ends with. What should I order? Can these rounds be wrapped with shrink wrap like movers use leaving top/bottom open to slowly dry? What-ever I need to do will have to be ordered unless I get a chance to run to town That's doubtful as the weather is not great for a few days here, maybe this-afternoon if it settles down.
This trip was not un-eventful..... Roads in the am were slick'r than I thought, did not take long for my trailer to slip and slide and wrap around just enough to do some damage to my dually fender.... was a fun day... NOT... LOL Now for the insurance fun....
Anywayz, the rest is sitting outside still on my trailer. Can I leave these whole for 2 to 3 years (?) to dry out? Or do I need to start turning blanks til all done?
If so, I have nothing I can treat the ends with. What should I order? Can these rounds be wrapped with shrink wrap like movers use leaving top/bottom open to slowly dry? What-ever I need to do will have to be ordered unless I get a chance to run to town That's doubtful as the weather is not great for a few days here, maybe this-afternoon if it settles down.
This trip was not un-eventful..... Roads in the am were slick'r than I thought, did not take long for my trailer to slip and slide and wrap around just enough to do some damage to my dually fender.... was a fun day... NOT... LOL Now for the insurance fun....