I would like to know a little more about this boiling procedure.
Last fall I cut down a lilac tree in the afternoon. The next morning it was
already showing cracks. The wood is nice and with the purple streaks its
even more beautiful.
I still have the lilac wood. At time, I was thinking about burning it in
the wood store. Maybe, someday I'll find something to do with it?

"John Yale" wrote in message
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Leo Van Der Loo wrote in
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I picked up some lilac wood and trial turned a small Y piece of it,
shaped the outside and glued on a disk to reverse the piece, it cracked
up bad while waiting for a short time to have the CA glue harden up,
have any of you turned and got better results with lilac, or is this a
case for boiling etc. ?

Lilac is one of the worst I have come across for cracking, but I have had
some success with boiling it, so I would definately give that a go.

John