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The glycol route is indeed impractical unless you are flush with cash to burn. It was silver maple that I cut, so far so good, but then again I am by no means a wood worker.

I have read that cutting rounds at an angle, the steeper the better, helps with cracking. I have cut some large thin rounds(46"dx4"t) for a guy 7 years ago using that method and they still have not cracked. Also soaking the wood in ethylene glycol (antifreeze) works but is very expensive.