If you were going to put it in the kiln right after sawing you would pass on the watered down coat of anchor seal on the surface, right? Maybe you could put in some pictures to show what the grain looks like when you get it sliced up? This will give you a good look at the figure that you can expect. 1. Apparently it keeps the cell-structure from collapsing during drying, thus allowing the internal to dry while the outside remains intact (cells do not shrink). I need some guidance to cut and dry to wood to minimize cracking of the wood. When you say stress wood I assume you mean the areas that will have interesting and unusual grain. I have the following questions: At further inspection several days later the walnut color appears to be moving into the cut ends and coloring the wood. We don't have the equipment to pull the stumps, so it seems like I'm limited to chainsaws. From contributor V: I was advised to remove it intact and paint the cut surfaces and to then let it dry as a whole piece. Is the wood solid? Is the stump wood worth the effort? January 14, 2009. I need some guidance to cut and dry to wood to minimize cracking of the wood. Watch out for juglone! Forum Responses What about the roots? 3. today we cut walnut … A third option, which the above respondent mentioned was to slow the drying down (essential what #1 is doing). 2. That would be easiest but if they are valuable to an experienced wood worker I would try to leave them? Guest, if you have not yet updated your forum bookmark to a secure log in connection, please delete your unsecure book and add the following secure bookmark: https://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php. In summary, it's a cost-benefit analysis you must calculate. Someone I know just had a bunch of black walnut trees logged off from their woods and I'm welcome to the debris. I've had good success in drying walnut crotches in my below-grade (damp) basement. But if you leave it there too long, bugs might be a problem and the top of the stump will start drying out and cracking. I am assuming you are going to slice it? When first sliced they appear to be the color of sap wood. Cut it to size, and Anchor Seal/Wax the ends and a thinned application of seal/wax on the surface. While you are sawing this wood out, start thinking of how you would like to use it, because of its nature, it may not be all that easy to just work into any project that comes along. Your garden is doomed! Someone I know just had a bunch of black walnut trees logged off from their woods and I'm welcome to the debris. Long thin sweeping curves with a lot of grain run-out may look nice but won't have much structural strength. Should I not worry about keeping much of the root ends on the pieces? Discussion in 'Woodturning Discussion Forum' started by Brian Hahn, Nov 15, 2005. 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