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Folks,
This is probably the fourth log I’ve milled, so I’m lacking in the experience dept. Anyway, I observed the sap wood in these boards appeared to contain many times the amount of moisture as the heartwood. Being that I am really only interested in using the heartwood, would it make sense to cut the sap wood off these boards? Or maybe just remove the bark?
My thinking is this may expedite drying and remove the temptation for bugs.
This is probably the fourth log I’ve milled, so I’m lacking in the experience dept. Anyway, I observed the sap wood in these boards appeared to contain many times the amount of moisture as the heartwood. Being that I am really only interested in using the heartwood, would it make sense to cut the sap wood off these boards? Or maybe just remove the bark?
My thinking is this may expedite drying and remove the temptation for bugs.
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