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Chris, not sure if you are responding to my post or Murph's, I was just thinking that at least a kerf in the front would have been more polite. There is a lot of cutting being done in my area, both by experienced people and otherwise. Sometimes I like to check out the stumps after everyone has...

Have held wood in my hands each day for like the last forty years... Goes back even farther if I want to add school shop classes. I remember being in a guy's shop and when the wood came out of his planer, he simply let it fall on the floor in a heap, where it could get dings and bruises. No...

Never seen those types before. For holding cracks, all I have seen and used are a double pointed spike bent into an elongated U shape.

Leon, yes. pounding them in across cracks is supposed to keep the cracks from spreading. Not 100% effective, but it helps.

I consider it the best wood for woodworking, in just about every way. One particularly nice quality is that it air dries relatively quick and quite well, then is quite stable after that.

Walnut..yum yum. Just wish they didn't have to stick it into a kiln and mess it up.

Curious how long it is before the valuable veneer logs get processed? Some get exported? It seems like if they were really worried about every little millimeter, they would have you slapping on some sealant on the ends to prevent checking, immediately after the trees hit the ground.

People that complain of the loss of a few inches in a tree because of decreased value, are misguided. I think a study should be done to see if they are also excessive eaters.

I can align to your way of thinking, Andy. We have people here that sometimes have fairly short term experience. Is it wise to show methods that may work in limited situations, but can also have negative repercussions if they aren't used with a lot of experience behind it? Not saying that...

Based on the tables and all the research testing by scientists that goes into it, I have to think that fiber strength is more dependent on species variation, than environment. It has greatly been analyzed, and often the tables are set up for a degree of fluctuation, like for specific gravity...

I agree with Dan, that anything other than straight grain is very much unpredictable, and dependent on qualities of the individual tree and that specific location in it. Straight grain definitely has reliability, not necessarily that you may depend on it more for success in a specific case, but...

Andy, do we have three possible options, like Yes, No, and Maybe?

These threads on unconventional methods never seem to change anyone's mind about them, even if you explain better. :lol:

Interesting and eye opening saying, that every one is a potential killer. I have ten to do tomorrow.

I can sleep at night with that theory...I mean rule.

I don't think it is simply root flare or no root flare. Degree of lean, condition of the wood, and species are also factors.....maybe even luck. Black Acacia wet or dry is very different wood. Such variable are one of the reasons that general rules are made.

I think it also comes down to regular practices, having learned the negatives of what can be the result of not following them, AS A RULE. If you want to analyze the complexities of every situation, there are no doubt things that can be done out of the ordinary and you can get away with it, and...

Some of those barberchair remnants have nice sculptural qualities.

I think that we all are willing to learn, Murph. You seem to misinterpret caution at new and unconventional ideas as "full of yourselves". So if it doesn't get lapped up like a thirsty dog at a bowl of water, it's no big deal. You shouldn't post if you feel the need to lecture about it, there...