In the last year and a half, I’ve had the opportunity to collect an enormous amount of green wood. It has ranged from maple, hackberry, cherry, poplar, cottonwood, hickory, pecan and who knows what else. My problem is that during the last six months most of it has suffered some degree of decay (or I think it has). Currently I have logs of beautiful spalted maple and hackberry that when turned have the most terrible raised grain on the end grain portions only. This is some beautiful stuff and man do I hate to burn it. Is there a way to salvage this material? It is not rotten by any means. The grain raises like crazy on the maple and hackberry. The cherry and walnut have rotting sapwood and the heartwood seems to be o.k. Cut it on a bandsaw and it looks almost planed. I know some of you folks have encountered this. I’ll post photos if it will help.
Thanks,
Mike L.
Thanks,
Mike L.