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Yes yes yes. It can be beautiful timber. It is quite dense like fruit woods. The problem is finding stems big enough to make it worthwhile to mill....if it's 10 inch or bigger diameter give it a go. The stems I have come across often have spiral grain and bark inclusions from the fluting on the trunk. Often pinks and red colours in the heart wood. Pictures please if you mill.

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was wondering about the drying. How do I dry it slowly? Was thinking of just air drying it.

 

Air drying should be fine, but you can slow it down further by milling in Autumn when it's damp and cool, stacking in the shade with gentle air movement but out of strong draughts and using thinner stickers. If you need to mill in hotter weather you can slow it down by covering the sides of the stack during the day and uncovering at night.

 

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Air drying should be fine, but you can slow it down further by milling in Autumn when it's damp and cool, stacking in the shade with gentle air movement but out of strong draughts and using thinner stickers. If you need to mill in hotter weather you can slow it down by covering the sides of the stack during the day and uncovering at night.

 

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cheers Alec, was looking at doing it in the autumn and stacking in the wood till next year when I will be able to extract it. It is near the bottom of a steep hill so well out of drafts etc.

Hadnt thought about thin stickers - any danger of restricting airflow too much?

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