osage logs

[adam]

Hey guys,
    I have some family in ohio that cut some osage logs for me this past week and sealed the ends. I'm supposed to be getting them this upcoming weekend. I'm going to be using these logs for lams. So my question is, should i let these logs season like they are or go ahead and take them to the mill and get them squared up and let them season?? Is there anything i need to spray them with to keep worms out of the wood?? Thanks

Adam

[Pat B]

As hole logs with sealed ends, they will take many years to season. You might want to have then sawn thick and stack and sticker them so they cure properly and safely.

[Diamondback59]

i do a lot of my lam  log s like pat says but i debark the log befor i take it in and then seal each of the boards ends  with a wax/anchorseal  mix    so they dont check too much   then i stack the borads 1 row  put a 2 x4  for a spacer in and start another row just keep stackin them up one row up another  with good air flow out of the weather  let em season   brock

[Holm-Made]

Takes about one year to air dry for every one inch thick the boards are.  Might want to cut some one inch stuff.

[Pat B]

Chad, I believe it is 1" per year but on a 2" board 1" in from each side is 2" total so a year should be enough. That said, the longer you "cure" the wood the better. Even though at the thickness of a board it will dry in a year or so, it will continue to "cure" over many years. The longer the wood is cured the more stable and resilient it will be.IMO   Pat

[Diamondback59]

pat s correct there  sometime s i even take a board if i relley need one put it in my 24 in hot box to help thing s along with a small fan in there to circilate the air  but not till they have been air drying at leat 6 - 8 months  brock

[Roy Steele]

If you bear the time,Put them the shade and split them up in two years.Spliting better won't get as many staves.But these will follow the grain.
   If you have to split them heres what I do.Cut them long 75,80" Is good.Get a couple saw horsas.Put the ends up on the saw horses.Take a cinder block tie it off the ground in the middle let it hang.D

[Roy Steele]

Sorry,Do this as soon as you split them out.Keep them in the shade.Some staves this will help better than others.The one's with a little deflex it wiii help the best.
  Don't exspect your staves to look like U's but it will help some.
                     ROY