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I found a nice piece of Birch(?) lying in the woodland over the Christmas hol, I managed to get a decent length which I've split in two. I'm saving the 'good half' de-barked to dry out naturally.
The 'bad half' isn't so long and is much more crowned. I'm playing with this bit for fun and hoping to leave the bark on with just the high spots lightly sanded then polished or waxed.
It's slowly tillering down, just drawing about 5" at 40lb at the moment. It will be flat bellied sort of Native American style.
I did notice that the bark really holds the moisture in (I treated myself to a moisture meter as a pressie to myself...only ?20 from Maplin), so I've been putting it on a radiator in a spare room which only gets upto abot 38degC. It started with deflex but as it's dried it's now almost straight.
The 'bark on' saves having to follow a growth ring on the back and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I'll post some pics.
Dunno if the bark will separate and fall off with use? Anyone tried this?
Del
I found a nice piece of Birch(?) lying in the woodland over the Christmas hol, I managed to get a decent length which I've split in two. I'm saving the 'good half' de-barked to dry out naturally.
The 'bad half' isn't so long and is much more crowned. I'm playing with this bit for fun and hoping to leave the bark on with just the high spots lightly sanded then polished or waxed.
It's slowly tillering down, just drawing about 5" at 40lb at the moment. It will be flat bellied sort of Native American style.
I did notice that the bark really holds the moisture in (I treated myself to a moisture meter as a pressie to myself...only ?20 from Maplin), so I've been putting it on a radiator in a spare room which only gets upto abot 38degC. It started with deflex but as it's dried it's now almost straight.
The 'bark on' saves having to follow a growth ring on the back and it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I'll post some pics.
Dunno if the bark will separate and fall off with use? Anyone tried this?
Del