[Woodworkers] Centerpieces?

[Steve Bigelow]

The bark will stay on better if the tree is cut during the winter.

You'll need to make sure it it is dry and stabilized. Also, use something
like Pentacryl to help stabilize it.
You could use Cactus Juice to stabilize as well, but that gets pretty
expensive. It's about $100 per gallon. Of course, Pentacryl is in the same
price range, but you don't need to use as much.

Use CA glue to glue back together split pieces, and use colored epoxy to
help fill in splits.

Drilling out the center tends to help keep the piece from splitting.

I would use maple or walnut for something like this. Cherry seems to split
if you look at it wrong, so that's probably your worst choice.

Regards,
-Steve
http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com
http://pen-blanks.us

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Thomas E Lovelace <t.lovelace at icloud.com>
wrote:

> A Grand Daughter is to be married later next year and wants a few wooden
> centerpieces as shown in the photo.
> Am concerned about drying and cracking.
> Should these be made of live wood or well dried material?
> Appreciate any tips from you folks that may have done something like this!
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