[TheForge] Woodpile (Was: Scaffold) OT

[Ron Childers]

The commercial product is "Greenwood Sealer"

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Woodpile (Was: Scaffold) OT

Albin,
Interesting idea, but is it the easiest way?  I've heard of using
paint to seal the ends of logs.  I had not heard that it was to
prevent checks, but I don't know what else it would be for.


On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Albin Drzewianowski<dski1045 at qis.net>
wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> I found an electric frypan at a tag sale.   Melted a couple blocks of
> paraffin wax in the frypan.
>
> Whenever I run across a piece of "firewood"  that looks promising for wood
> turning or other wood working uses,  I heat up the fry pan enough to melt
> the paraffin and then dip the ends of the wood into the liquid wax.   I
> usually do about 3 coats, to get a good build up of wax on the end grain.
> You want to be quick,  you don't want to melt the wax already deposited
when
> you go for the 2nd and 3rd coats.
>
> this seems to help prevent the wood from checking while it is lying around
> drying out.   AS I understand it, the wood checks, because the end grain
> dries out a lot faster than the wood towards the middle.
>
> Regards,
> Albin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
>> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:51 AM
>> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
>> Subject: [TheForge] Woodpile (Was: Scaffold) OT
>>
>> Yeah, I'm thinking of holding back several lengths of maple trunk, 8" to
> 12"
>> diameter, for uses other than firewood.  Would save me the splitting too,
>> which is damned near impossible where there are knots or branches.
>>
>> I've got a couple old logs from a pruning I did a few years ago, and
> they've
>> got heart checks which would make them unfit for fine uses, but still
good
>> for strength.  I may mess around with those and see what they're good for
>> before I decide what to do with the new logs.
>>
>
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Bruce
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