Waldo

I am planning on getting into lathe work soon. I have have some black cherry small logs (8") dia. to dry. After waxing ends do I leave the bark on or take it off. The lengths will very between 1' and 6'.
Any info will help. Thanks Waldo

frankp

Do you want to make natural edge bowls? Leaving the bark on will help protect some from bugs that might get at the wood. I suspect it also helps prevent overly fast drying along the length of the log, but I have no actual experience of drying with versus without bark.

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Waldo

Thanks for responding Frank. I will be getting the lathe for Christmas,and will have to learn how to do lathe work. That sums up my experiance and I will probobly be asking a million questions later. The logs will be stored in my basement shop. I have 2 dehumidifiers in the shop and keep them set at 35%. The less cracking the better and I am not sure how to do it. I have so much to learn it scares me. thanks for the feedback Waldo