traite@wanginst.UUCP (Paul Traite) (05/08/85)
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to cure a radial slice of a log? I am taking a 10 - 12 inch diameter log, and using a chainsaw to cut a 1 inch thick disk off of it. I inlay minature backgammon sets as a hobby, and would like to do so with these log disks. My problem is that the disks keep spliting or checking when they dry! Any ideas on what I should do? Thanks in advance, Paul Traite -- uucp ...!decvax!wanginst!traite csnet traite%wanginst@csnet-relay
dave@fluke.UUCP (Dave Van Ess) (05/13/85)
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to how to cure a radial slice of a > log? I am taking a 10 - 12 inch diameter log, and using a > chainsaw to cut a 1 inch thick disk off of it. I inlay minature > backgammon sets as a hobby, and would like to do so with these > log disks. My problem is that the disks keep spliting or > checking when they dry! Any ideas on what I should do? > > Thanks in advance, Paul Traite > > -- > > uucp ...!decvax!wanginst!traite > csnet traite%wanginst@csnet-relay To keep wood from checking you might consider using PEG 1000. The follow paragraph is taken from the Garret Wade Catalog. Polyethelene Glycol 1000, or PEG as it is commonly know, has been used by knowledgeable woodworkers for decades to dimensionally stabilize unseasoned (or green) wood. The PEG process involves mixing the chemicals with water and immersing the green wood in the solution. The wood is thus permanently stabilized in it's green form. No longer will it shrink, warp, swell, of check. A good book on the subject is Working Green Wood With PEG by Patrick Spielman The way PEG works it that the polyethelene glycol replaces the water in the cells of the wood. This keep them from collapsing. Thus the wood is stabilized in it's green form. Normal curing tries the remove most of the water. PEG is supposed to be colorless. Dave Van Ess John Fluke Mfg Co Everett WA