Leaving the Pith in?
 

Keith Young wrote:
Hi

Should I remove the pith from all of my wood before setting them to
dry.

Keith


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Depends on whether or not you want cracks in your logs. As the wood
drys, the outside edges shrink first, causing cracks. If you take the
pith out, the wood will dry better. Make sure you seal the ends, so
that they don't dry out faster than the middle.
Hope this helps.

The Other Bruce

Hi Keith

The short answer is YES
The long answer mumble mumble mumble you should rough out the wood to
whatever you intend to make out of it ( right now ) unless you don't
mind losing a lot of wood, if it has to sit for a long time (and if you
want to dry long half logs it will take VERY long before it is dry ) you
will have a lot of fire wood.
There is some wood that does better withstand drying in bigger chunks
(like Willow Catalpa and a few others) but they are exceptions

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Keith Young wrote:

Hi

Should I remove the pith from all of my wood before setting them to dry.

Keith