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User Review - Flag as inappropriate When I retired after 40 years in the funiture upholstery business I wanted to try my hand at log furniture I started reading other peoples advice What most would say is cut your logs (sticks) let them dry for 2 years Well foot fire I may not be hear 2 years from now I thought,I want to make something now And so i did I cut a wild chery tree one day and made a rocking chair out of it the next We talking green After the chair was put togather I sooked it in a mix 1/2 to 1/2 mineral spirts and linseed oil That was 4 years ago and as I sit heer looking at it now it is still strong with no loose joyents Review: Understanding Wood REV/EUser Review - Ryan - GoodreadsSees wood for the trees. Read full review Related books
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