[Woodcarver] red cedar

[Lloyd Smith]

Be careful; 60 minutes seems excessive to me. A friend filled the house 
with smoke at a lot shorter time than that. He is banned from the kitchen now.
At 10:15 PM 11/30/2004 -0800, you wrote:
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>Hi another way to make sure the green wood is dried
>take n put it in a mirco wave n then let it run for 60
>mins which should dry out the wood..
>
>I carve red cedar a lot. [plus I like the way it comes
>out
>
>
>Bill
>--- Candy Lytle <Clytle at mail.huff.com> wrote:
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> > I have carved some wood spirits in red cedar and
> > love
> > the way they turned out with the variation in color.
> > I finished the face with tru oil
> > and one with danish oil.
> >
> > Need your expert opinions on how to perserve the
> > whole
> > piece to prevent splitting or rotting. I am going to
> > give them
> > as christmas presents and it's possible they will
> > be outside in Kentucky 4 seasons weather.
> >
> > Also I have come across some catalpa logs. Can I
> > carve
> > this wood green? How can I tell a piece is ready
> > for carving? They are beautiful pieces but don't
> > want
> > to start too early with them and ruin my find.
> >
> > Thanking you in advance for your help
> >
> > Candy
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Lloyd Smith
Dundas, Ontario, Canada