A friend brought up some logs from a pheasant wood tree. Out of seven pieces, three are big enough to get some good planks from, but four are in the 5-6-7" range. His brother makes tables and asked that we mill out some 3" pieces for that purpose. Can anyone tell me if the small logs might suffice for that? This would mean the pith would be in the center of the 3" sticks. My logic tells me this would be fine, just as beams and posts often contains the pith of larger logs. Of course, there is the factor that these small pieces are branch wood. Normally I would not bother with them, but this wood is so rare that it seems we should get as much from them as we can.
If they are not suitable for legs or other purposes requiring length, we could think of their future destiny being material for boxes, lasered pieces, etc.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.