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Logs need to be relatively straight and with little taper. The best tree I had available was Poplar. Trees
were gathered that are 8" to 14" diameter, and pulled from the woods with a tractor. Usually two to three 16' long logs
could be harvested from each tree.
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Logs were laid up until they could be peeled.
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We peeled the logs using draw knives, removing the outer bark. This was long, hard, back breaking work.
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The peeled logs are stacked with spacers in between and covered with a tarp to dry for roughly 6 months or until
dry.
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