On 08/06/2011 11:05 PM, Mac Davis wrote:
On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:21:44 -0500, Dale Miller
wrote:

On 08/05/2011 05:00 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

So if you coat the ends it drys slower?

Yep.. Think of a log as a bundle of straws, with the open ends as the
end of the log.. Evaporation through the straws is fast and
(theorecically) causes more stress which causes cracks..

If the ends of the straws are plugged, the wood has to dry through the
sides of the straws, which takes much longer and hopefully prevents
most cracking..

Another consideration is reaction wood. I've had kiln dried wood stop
my table saw blade (1.5 hp, wired for 220 v). Even when dry the
internal stresses may manifest themselves as wood is removed...

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