Hey guys, first post and a complete newbie based out of Canada so go easy on me. Not sure if the Mill section or here was better to post in, hope you can help.
The Wife started a business last year (ARicher designs) doing various kinds of art and we always wanted to cut wood discs and do art on those. I personally have always had the desire to make coffee tables and end tables out of slabs as well but thats always only been a sparkle in my eye. Till now.
The discs is where I ran into a problem. Haven't got into the slabs yet.
On a whim one day I went to the local dump and picked up the free firewood stumps they had, loaded them in the car and from there went and bought a chainsaw (measured out the stumps and I needed a 24"). So I bought a Stihl MS362
Talked to the guy about our project and he said I would need an Alaskan Mill and a ripping chain, fine, placed the order for those.
As any man would do I used my new badass chainsaw just to use it. Sliced a few discs off of the stumps I had and voila! I had just taken initiative to help get on the path of self sustainability and am now in a new class of man!
Until the discs cracked. (1" thickness)
And warped...
Well, the alaskan mill came in
And I'm in love with that too.
Before I use it I wanted to get professional opinions.
I did some research and found a solution you're supposed to apply immediately after the piece is cut, or have the tree dry out for a year or so....I can't have that.
Our work is custom so the pieces would be cut, and then drawn on and shipped out immediately, we can't have them cracking when they're in the customers possession.
I can appreciate that a special type of care needs to be taken with this, but I'm looking at the least amount of time to ensure these will not crack on us.
Would polyurethane work to seal in the moisture?
Appreciate any help/advice
Cheers
