On 16 Aug 2005 23:20:16 -0700, wrote:

For a long time I was puzzled why woods from elm, mulberry, hackberry
were not used as much even though in plentiful supply. And with my
recent experience of using timber beams of hardwoods I think I may have
answered that question. For I find that drying these timbers some of
the crack horribly. Perhaps it is my method of drying them, perhaps
exposed too much to the sun.

Is there a science study of how wood beams dry and avoid cracking. Some
of the mulberry and elm have fissures in the beams so big that I can
stick my hand into the fissure crack.

So is this cracking due to my novice drying or is it because some wood
cracks badly in drying and that is why they are seldom used in the
commercial industry. Or does industry glue up the cracks of timbers and
I just never noticed.

So anyone have information as to wood drying and avoiding huge cracks.

Archimedes Plutonium
www.iw.net/~a_plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom
where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies

Your best bet is to consult with an old-time wood-turner, or failing
that, a cabinet maker.