GeneralKayoss
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New to the forum also! I've picked up a Holzfforma G660 Pro (Stihl clone), and a China mill. I milled up a nice 24" white oak into 3" slabs to start with. A couple weekends ago I started trying to salvage some old logs from about 10 acres of land that was cleared 2-3 years ago. They piled everything up into a huge pile about 10-15ft tall and just left it there. A lot of white/red oak. Some of it seems like pretty stuff, with spalding all through the sapwood. Some of it has some decay in it, which I obviously try to avoid. I'll have access to better logs soon, a friend of mine has a bunch of downed oak logs on a farm he wants to get rid of. I've just been piddling with this pile in the meantime.
So basically what I'm asking is, are these older logs even worth messing with for live edge slabs?
Also, my wood stack. Well, I noticed it almost immediately started being invaded by ants. I'm not sure what type of ants they are, they aren't the huge black ants you typically find, but some sort of smaller black variety. I think they're just attempting to nest in the voids and I assume this is a problem. Whats the best way to combat this? Just spread some ant killer around the stack?
So basically what I'm asking is, are these older logs even worth messing with for live edge slabs?
Also, my wood stack. Well, I noticed it almost immediately started being invaded by ants. I'm not sure what type of ants they are, they aren't the huge black ants you typically find, but some sort of smaller black variety. I think they're just attempting to nest in the voids and I assume this is a problem. Whats the best way to combat this? Just spread some ant killer around the stack?
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