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Taking the chainsaw to Japanese Cedar - help!!
One of those dreamed about phone calls: neighbour says "I've just had a big tree cut down and the arborist said its a Japanese Cedar and woodturners love this stuff - do you want it??". errrr, yes please ………!!!!
As you can see from my helmet, there are quite a few logs - the shots are of about half of the available timber.
I started cutting per the usual way of slicing out the pith but stopped after half a dozen logs thinking it wise to post a few of questions as I have never dealt with this timber before:
Should I cut the logs or just end seal them & remove the bark ?
Would it be worth the expense of taking the timber to a kiln and pay for it to be dried out by the professionals? If so, how should it be cut?
I have heard that the timber looses its dark colour when seasoned. Is this true and if so, is there a way of preserving the colour?
Next questions will be about where to store it and how to fix up my back after all the cutting and carrying !!!!!
NB. sorry that the photo's are sideways and upside down - I haven't figured out how to rotate them!
Cheers
Phil
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