Jeff Polaski
07-26-2016, 7:40 AM
I need two 3x3x4 inch blocks to anchor a grab bar (1 1/4" red oak dowel) mounted on a vertical post in a Mission style staircase. It's getting a little hard to find nice quartersawn blocks that size (2" x 2" is easy). Since the length is easier than the 3x3 dimensions, I figure a 3x3x12 inch block will yield two of what I need with either a spare or a nice carving block.
I found 3x3x12, except they are fresh and green. Sealed at the ends for now, but I don't have a year for each inch to season it.
Would immersion in Pentacryl season the wood faster? Get out the water content. Maybe repeated immersions over a couple months?
Or, should I get off eBay and ask here for where to source that particular wood? (I'm wobbly on my feet now, and I have visions of grabbing for support on that section of stairway, and banging my head on either an oak step, oak mantelpiece, or oak floor, all of which are right there, very handy. On blood thinners, I could get a head bleed and that'll be all she wrote.)
I found 3x3x12, except they are fresh and green. Sealed at the ends for now, but I don't have a year for each inch to season it.
Would immersion in Pentacryl season the wood faster? Get out the water content. Maybe repeated immersions over a couple months?
Or, should I get off eBay and ask here for where to source that particular wood? (I'm wobbly on my feet now, and I have visions of grabbing for support on that section of stairway, and banging my head on either an oak step, oak mantelpiece, or oak floor, all of which are right there, very handy. On blood thinners, I could get a head bleed and that'll be all she wrote.)