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Post by doubledan on Aug 29, 2013 9:21:52 GMT -5
Not sure if this would be the right section to post this question.
Last year I made and used a PVC fleshing beam and it worked decent but I wanted a hardwood one. I was helping a friend last week at his logging camp and asked what the hardest wood we could find was. So now I'm just finishing up a Iron wood fleshing beam.. My friend said it runs risk of cracking while it dries so my question is How can I prevent this? Is there some kind of seal or something I should put on it?
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Post by doubledan on Aug 29, 2013 9:27:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2013 11:26:15 GMT -5
Member of New Hampshire Trappers Association.
You may have been better off to have dried the log before milling.
Dale
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i got the trapping bug and i see u dont have to lay steel to get it
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Post by redneck315ers on Aug 29, 2013 11:28:18 GMT -5
Coon fat is my guess from all I have read
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Post by doubledan on Aug 29, 2013 12:15:01 GMT -5
low or extreme chances in humidity is all I've read, just looking for an old timer trick I guess.
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Post by tmc on Aug 29, 2013 18:30:24 GMT -5
The ironwood/hophornbeam will be okay. Not necessarily the best choice but it's fine and you'll be pleased. It's ring-diffuse wood (similar grain as maple & basswood, etc., nice & smooth), so you won't have any issues with it like you sometimes get with ring-porous woods like ash, oak, etc. It'll sure last for you, it wears like - well, duh!, iron.
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Post by doubledan on Aug 30, 2013 8:02:17 GMT -5
well that's good news, Thanks tmc
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Post by traphead2 on Sept 19, 2013 20:01:51 GMT -5
made my beam out of yellow burch 10 or 12 years ago,still works and looks great
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