I got a soppy wet maple crotch a couple weeks ago and was too busy to do anything with it except park it in the shade. It started splitting on the ends.
I cut the big end off, cut that down the middle, took a slab off each side of the Y, and cut the crotch in half to show the feather grain. The pieces were all too big to get in the biggest skillet I had.
I had used a heat gun to shrink tubing on a wire repair and wondered how it would do to apply wax, I had several chunks of decorative candles I had retrieved from a dumpster.
I set the pieces with end grain up on newspapers, and holding the wax against the timber, heated where they touched. The wax ran like water and the puddle could be moved around on the surface with the hot air. The wax soaked into even the fresh cut parts and as it cooled I could see where it might need a bit more.
I was using the gun on high and the wax would get hot enough to smoke on the dry parts. A powerful hair dryer might do it. I'll try that and report later.
I was impressed with how much area was coated with very little wax. I also liked how the wax soaked in and did not sit on top as I have seen with some "store bought" blanks given to me as Christmas gifts. I think this will work nicely.
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I cut the big end off, cut that down the middle, took a slab off each side of the Y, and cut the crotch in half to show the feather grain. The pieces were all too big to get in the biggest skillet I had.
I had used a heat gun to shrink tubing on a wire repair and wondered how it would do to apply wax, I had several chunks of decorative candles I had retrieved from a dumpster.
I set the pieces with end grain up on newspapers, and holding the wax against the timber, heated where they touched. The wax ran like water and the puddle could be moved around on the surface with the hot air. The wax soaked into even the fresh cut parts and as it cooled I could see where it might need a bit more.
I was using the gun on high and the wax would get hot enough to smoke on the dry parts. A powerful hair dryer might do it. I'll try that and report later.
I was impressed with how much area was coated with very little wax. I also liked how the wax soaked in and did not sit on top as I have seen with some "store bought" blanks given to me as Christmas gifts. I think this will work nicely.
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