They will dry, crack, and twist in a very short time.I love Manzanita, but you'll he hard pressed to get anything out of that.
Every now and again you'll get straight(er) trunks, but I usually have to train/prune them one or more times to get them to take on a tree-like growth pattern.
If you could find some 12-16" diameter trunks, you might have a chance at getting something.
They are incredibly tough, but also soft and brittle inside. I'm not even sure how they would mill up, if at all.
Don’t bother with epoxy. The checking will continue for quite some time. If this is for decoration just hit it with clear poly…respray as needed.Holy catfish this puppy checked up lol. Still pretty cool looking especially if all the voids could be filled with epoxyView attachment 1081836View attachment 1081837View attachment 1081838
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