Thanks for the info guys Sounds like we need to stop and rethink this.
This is why I LOVE newsgroups!
Mike, this is more what we have in mind. My personal favorite of these is
the second from the bottom. You can click on page 4 to see the fireplace
this is going on.
http://www.pbase.com/monicakm/monicas_misc&page=5
Monica

"Michael Daly" wrote in message
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On 2-Nov-2003, "Morgans" wrote:

You could look around for someone who has a wood kiln, and for a bottle
of
his favorite beverage, the manager will most likely throw it in, and you
will have it back in a couple weeks.

I didn't know what a cedar mantle was so - dags:

http://www.fromthewoods.com/images/custom/stone-and-cedar-mantle.jpg

If this is what Monica is talking about, it could be quite thick. What
does
a quarter (or more?) of trunk mean in terms of kiln drying? A bit longer?
A lot longer? Two bottles of bev? Outright rejection?

Mike