Word work on a hollow Ring

[dayman1]

Hi has anyone got any ideas what I could make these into I have a couple of them and it seems a waste to chop them into firewood

[Dan Earp]

Frames for mirrors bud

[White Noise]

Small planter .

[slackbladder]

Round Hollow the inside out and turn a bowl to drop in the hollow if that makes sense

[steve7962]

How would you guys go about seasoning a hollow ring of wood like that without it splitting? The shrinkage would split it surely

[se7enthdevil]

considering that the middle is missing it should not develop the classic radial crack but it's difficult to say really.

 

if you can seal the ends then do, other than that just let it season very slowly is the best advise i can think of...

[agg221]

How would you guys go about seasoning a hollow ring of wood like that without it splitting? The shrinkage would split it surely

 

No, it shouldn't split. The splits are caused by the difference in shrinkage around the ring between the rings in the middle and the ones at the outside. Take away the middle and it should control it.

 

Alec

[treequip]

It will crack for sure, I have cut many for people wanting "interesting bits of wood" they all split.

[Agent-Arb]

What wood is it?

I've had van loads of apple in the past that mostly stayed in tact, & still is if it's been kept dry. And ash... which can be relied on to split & move, but hollowed has been fine. I still got a lump looks like slimer of ghostbusters, been down 6 - 8 years & not split. Last summer it had an ash seedling growing inside his mouth, I thought was fitting. & he's been outside all the time. Funny lump tho not just a tube, although the others were.

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

looks like the base of a beech?