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Wrap handles are a west coast thing and understandabley so with cutting on the slopes etc . Every one time west coaster I own has full wraps including an 048 Stihl .

T and G Ellis a local log exporter has a patended anti split made of hard plastic you hammer in the end of the log .What's neat about is is the fact you can run it right though a sawmill without causing damage to the band or blade, whichever . Speaking of the Ellis bros' ,as I stepped outside...

For lumber logs roofing tar works real well to prevent checks .Make sure you cut a cookie off each end though before it's milled else a bandsaw will pull the tar right through the wood with it . That method wouldn't work real good on a table slab or a burl .

I don't know what you do with those big lumps,burls, whore bumps . Stig is the burl expert . Way back when I was kid and a Boy Scout ,Boys Life had an article of making what they called a "noggin " out of burl .The noggin was just a wooden cup . Anyways they suggested soaking it in something...

Now I wonder what would happen if once it does dry if it could be fed linseed oil like they did the cigar store figurenes of a bygone era .Maybe Jay would know ???? If nothing is done it surely would split although not a bad as oak .Fact is the little carriage barn on the place my mother owns...

Some time ago I flopped the biggest soft maple I ever saw for a buddy of mine .Most was cut for fire wood but I did cut some 4" thick table tops using a Mac 125 with that 48" bar on the Homey in my avatar . Those flippen things were so heavy( 54 " ) it took four of us to lift it .I gave by bud...