Lyndell Thompson wrote:

Tom, I live in southern In across river from louisville.

I was in that area last year some. Greenville and Jeffersonville.


me and everybody around me is losing
them left and right. I don't know how a person could use them for
woodworking though. They die from the top down and awful nasty sap seeps out
all over the tree. I could barely stand to burn them in the shop woodstove.
Wouldn't even want to think about trying to get a piece of that stuff across
a tablesaw. If a person were to try.........johnson's pastewax would be in
order. :-)

Silk worms killed millions of trees in Ky about 20(?) years ago. Those
trees were mostly ornamental trees, Redbuds, Dogwoods, Bradford Pears,
Fountain Cherries come to mind.
Those trees weren't much force, but it was still a big deal to property
owners with small trees. We sprayed and pulled down spooling nests as
fast as we could. We managed to save all of our trees. I believe that
several bigger trees out in the wild woods around the state were killed
by the worms though.

When worms or beetles are involved though, the wood is usually ruined.
I saw a topic recently about someone asking if they brought infested
wood into the house, would the bugs eat his house? I'd almost be afraid
to chance it myself.

Tom in KY, don't want no stinking mess on my tablesaw either.